If we had what republicans have...

In my opinion, since republicans took control of the presidency, house, senate and governorships, they have pushed their agenda even further to the right.

If we had a democratic president, majorities in the house and senate, and a majority of the governorships, would the party generally go further to the left than where it currently is?

slowly to the left. That all ended decades ago.

...was 1992-94. Very little movement took place, as Dems (with Clinton in the lead) seemed scared to do anything that might be thought of as "liberal."

The time prior to that was 1976-80. That started out quite well, but a strong Republican showing in the 1978 midterms, quickly followed by the Iranian hostage crisis and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, caused President Carter to slow his program to a crawl, with most of the domestic action during the last couple of years being Carter's refusal to support a Democratic push (led by Senator Kennedy) for universal health insurance.

I think, if we were to find ourselves totally in control after the 2008 election, it would depend on how the election was perceived. If it was seen as a decisive rejection of the Republican philosophy and agenda, you'd see some move to the left. If it was seen merely as a rejection of an incompetent president or administration -- in other words, if they were seen as "bad conservatives" (the way George 41 was seen in 1992) as opposed to conservatism being bad in itself, you'd probably see another timid "we can't do too much, or they'll call us liberals" approach. In any case, though, unless and until real campaign finance reform is enacted, don't look for major economic changes that would be against the will of the "corporate money" folks to whom the candidates of both parties are more or less beholden.

go more to the left, if only because it would have to undo all of the Freeper magic that Bush and his imps have done. Think FDR after Hoover, trying to pull people out of the Depression.

power can corrupt, I do think that most dems feel a connection to democratic principles. Anyone who was just in it for power, regardless of wether it was rep or dem power, would probably look around and see the fact that most states are red, most governors are republican, most senators are republican, most congressmen are republican, the president and his whole cabinet are republicans. I think a power hungry politician would see republicans as the quickest route to power.

would only take us to the middle or just over the middle.