Why Democrats Can Take Back CongressPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Oct. 19‚ 2006For the first time since 1994, Republicans may lose their majority in Congress this November. The Bush Administration wants to legalize torture, proceed with unwarranted domestic wire-tapping and kill habeas corpus, the Iraq War is almost as unpopular as syphilis, and the government’s criminally incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina certainly didn’t earn them any love. Not to mention that the various House corruption scandals has forced four Republican members of Congress to resign and two to serve time in jail. And while the Mark Foley scandal has legs, Republicans were already in trouble – and this latest fiasco has only pulled the trigger on a literal powder-keg of public backlash against the G.O.P.’s “culture of corruption.” But Democrats wouldn’t be in a position to take advantage of this and retake Congress – if they didn’t have serious candidates running in each district to seize such an opportunity. And thanks to the liberal blogosphere, this year things are going to be different. |