Free Republic

Not only did last night's Republican rout not diminish Bill and Hillary Clinton's starring role in Democratic Party politics, the big Bush congressional win sets the stage for a showdown between the two political dynasties in 2004. That's the prediction from MSNBC's Chris Matthews and the network's resident political analyst Pat Caddell, who say that Tuesday's big Democratic loss makes the party more likely to turn to the former first couple for the next big race. "This sets the stage for the battle of the political dynasties," said Matthews, as the dimensions of the Democratic debacle were becoming apparent in...