"you will see a lot of the less leftist 'Rats start running for cover"
No...
You won't...
If this election should have taught us ANYTHING, it's that we will get NO good press if we don't buy it...
Do you honestly think that some of the 'Rats who ran as moderates in the South and Mid-West are going to vote for tax increases? Especially when they realize that Bush will simply veto them and then they have to run again in two years.