Have no fear Heath

Here Here!

This is a not a loss for uber-liberal Democrats, it simply shows that the party's moderate wing is growing stronger.

The Bush vote in 2004 is irrelevant now. Freshmen need have no fear to end Iraq war. I voted for Bush in 2004 but now can not stand him and would not vote for any republicans in 2008 for the first time since 1964. Republicans in Congress have gone insane by voting with the Moronic decider on Iraq questions, voting to disallow drug imports from foreign nations and generally being stubborn and unhelpful to the American nation. They seem to have taken a pill from the White House that makes them act stupid. The Moron does know a lot about drugs, do not forget.

Since I'm from New Hampshire, which was once the reddest of Red States but turned totally Blue in the 2006 Thumping, I'm simply amazed that the new blue New Hampshire is hardly even going to be a target for Republicans in 2008.

Of course, I don't think Porter will have anyone leaving her side over Iraq since that's why she was elected.
And John Sununu in the Senate is TOAST in NH with his continued rubberstamping of the Commander Guy.
This should all speak volumes about the direction of our country, and just how damaged the Republican brand name is.

Paul, So what? Get real. What Bush did in 2004 is irrelevant. If Bush is still in office in 16 months and the troops are in the same untenable position then as now, there will not be a red districts left in the country. Under those circumstance if a Congressional district stays red in 08 it will be because their under funded Republican representatives will be chirping louder for an Iraq withdrawal than their Democrat opponents.

I feel that Bush/Cheney et al must be held accountable for the Iraq lies and resultant fiasco. War crimes and criminal charges fit the bill FOR IMPEACHMENT - certainly better than why Bill Clinton was impeached!! Get the troops home ASAP!!!

The Australian Howard government reputedly a good friend of the Bush administration is doing badly in the polls. I suspect it is in part for the similar reasons as reported amongst concerned US citizens due to the Iraqui fiasco. However, the Howard government is now hoodwinking the workers over pay and conditions of employment, scaring the hell out of them. It seems the conservatives are slowly committing suicide.

If the original principle of why we are fighting this war is as important as Bush claims, after $340 billion already spent, the further $100+ billion to be spent should be redirected toward plans to fight poverty and develop the country to prevent another Afghanistan. It would be irresponsible to just leave Iraq when we have created something that needs to be remedied. Our leaders need to be responsible at this point in decision making. According to the Borgen Project, just $19 billion annually can end starvation and $15 billion provides water and sanitation all over the world. If ending terror is the goal, the Millennium Development Goals to end poverty is the way to to go for our leaders.

You don't have to leave Iraq, just withdraw your troops!

Nice to see people waking up for a change and realizing that between all those lobbyist contributions, some people in Congress still have a spine!

If you follow the Congressional hearings it's clear that there's a lot going on in Iraq that is against the principles and morals of this nation, wartime or no, and the mainstream media has abdicated its responsibility to inform the public. TROOPS. HOME. NOW.

Oh yeah, it'll be a real disaster when the Iraqis depose the last of our puppet regime and ramp up oil production to rebuild their economy, and crash the price of oil. A REAL DISASTER. Bring it on!

The Shrub/Shotgun Cheney can't do much except hurt the freshmen in swing districts. Having said that, is 2006 was definitely about the war and corruption, 2008 will be less well defined.

Yes, the "war" will remain a pivotal issue, but some of its emotion was drained in 2006, so it will lose a bit of its critical mass. Unless the news becomes progressively worse, the point of the tack will dull a bit.

In the next several months, we need to see a Congress achieving some important legislation, so it will be easy to contrast it with the previous Republican-controlled Congress. I think that's the only way some of these "endangered" Congresspeople can defend their seats in 2008.

It's true that not only democrats are fed up with this war. Republicans are increasingly recognizing that we will not win in Iraq and throwing funds and troops at the problem hasn't and most likely won't resolve the situation. We either need to change our strategy, or get out. While involved in this war other causes have been overlooked, such as meeting the Millenium Goals which were set to end world hunger. According to the Borgen Project 600 million people could be rescued from severe poverty with $19 billion annually. $340 billion have gone towards this war; can't we spare a little percentage of that for a cause which will return results?

Upstate NY is a different landscape than in 2004. Voters finally became sick of Pataki, they have seen the Republican leadership for what it is (focused on big corporate wealth, not on real conservative values) and have started to recognize that on economic advancement issues, Democrats are more in line with what they want and need. Gillibrand's district has been red, definitely, but there is a lot of disgust right now the GOP and the failed war; same for Arcuri and Hall's districts. I think these members were listening to their voters.

What Capital Hill needs is an Enema!

I have been staggered continually at how citizens have ignored the unlawful actions of this administration and have come up with justifications which come from Mars or Jupiter for their bloody electoral work.
Anyone with any wit or understanding could not have missed all the early signs in 2001 and certainly 2002. We, not just Bush, initiated two or more wars of discretion based solidly on lies. These lies are felonies. The law says those who know of a felony, and felon(s) must report such felonies to a magistrate or judge immediately or be prosecuted for the same felonies. What we have is a total breakdown in the law. There is no faith. The statistics, for which we pay, coming from the Government are Republican Lies. At what point will the people say, enough, and help right this ship. We have lapsed into the most desperate shape I have ever seen or read about--and the pending consequences appear disasterous. So, Bush will escape and be worshipped by a small group of Koolaid drinkers and radical sects while we get stuck with the clean up bill and/or a dictatorship. The time for Dems and Republicans of good will (should there be any left anywhere) to stand up and be counted without worry about their jobs is way long past. Living in fear is dumb, but our so called leaders are there.