The need for a congressional change

In '94, Gingrich was credited with making the congressional elections a referendum on Clinton and the democrats. Supposedly he got the dems out of their "all politics are local" strategy and as such was able to "nationalize" the debate. I suspect this is the theme democrats should pursue in the '06 elections. Nationalize the elections by suggesting that the problem isn't Bush per se, but that that there is a "do nothing" congress that won't exercise their responsibility of oversight. Make the case (which has the advantage of being true) that the war specifically, and the country in general would be much better off if there was just a congress that would exercise some oversight and ask tough questions. The Constitution presumed that congress and the president would struggle with each other and that this was the nature of the "checks and balances". When congress "rolls over", it leads to a chief executive that becomes a "loose cannon". Bush NEEDS a democratic congress to force him to do due diligence in his war efforts and his NSA activities.

So the criticism at this point should be less about Bush and more about how congress is failing in its duties. "Congress is the problem" is the bumper sticker we need. "Where was congress" should be the question asked about the budgets, the war, the NSA spying, Valerie Plame, the missing money in Iraq, the failure to find Ossama, Katrina......

Where was Congress?

Bush and his republican congress. Why does it have to be either or? it should be all republicans period.

Less time should be spent bashing Bush, and MORE time should be spent tying every last Republican rat bastard to him, Tom DeLay, and Jack Abromoff.