Realdebate wrote:The Democrats took power in 2006 born of a frustrated electorate seeking change. The nation threw a fit and said let's do something different.

Nancy Pelosi et all promised to run things differently.

When they took power, they forgot all about their promises and instead set upon a path to attempt to destroy what was left of the Republican party and President George W Bush. Investigations, committees and witch hunts do not equal leading.

The promised inclusion got thrust aside for payback. All those years of being in the minority apparently created so much angst that when given a chance to lead the Democrats decided to attack instead.

Look at the war funding bill. They knew Bush would NEVER sign that with a set timetable for
withdrawal
of our troops. They put that in there strictly for a game of political gotcha. They got their headlines.

Now we have William Jefferson of Louisiana with 16 indictments (a Congressional record). The people who put this bunch in power are mad, they get the fact that this makes Democrats look quite the hypocrites in the wake of their "culture of corruption" rhetoric.

Talk about your corruption, Wisconsin very own Dave Obey wants to now slide pork projects into bills after they have been voted on! Whew, now that is some real responsibility. Well they did say they would change earmark spending. They did, they made it sleazier, something I did not think was possible.

In an amazingly short time Congress has actually acquired an approval rating LOWER than the President's.  (Dick Cheney's approval numbers are twice Dingy Harry's!)

Look, right here in my home state of Wisconsin,  Governor Jim Doyle campaigned on no tax increases then turned around and put forth $1.75 billion in new tax and fee increases. Wisconsin Democrats have disagreed with precisely NONE of Doyle's tax increases. That will play right into the hands of the Republicans in the next election.

My advice to the right, keep letting the left sew their oats. The more they act like themselves the less likely the American voters are to vote them back into office.