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Yeah, talk about a cuffing nightmare.

One sure thing on the agenda - articles of impeachment will be prepared against President Bush.

Depend on it, if Nancy Pelosi assumes the position of Speaker of the House.

Repeal of ALL tax cuts enacted in the past five years is a certainty. No extensions of current cuts that are due to lapse will even be considered.

A call for the withdrawal of all troops from Iraq, and defunding the military operation both there and in Afghanistan.

"Getting even" with no perspective for future events that will surely ensue after these draconian steps have been taken.

And the page system will be more cruelly exploited than ever before.

I predict that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (soon formally to replace the disgraced Hastert) will take the Presidency before summer after the Democratic House impeaches and the Liberal Senate convicts Vice President Cheney and President Bush of high crimes and misdemeanors such as "using military force to defeat the enemies of the United States." The Government then surrenders to the terrorists, increases taxes drastically, causes enormous fuel shortages, generally sews misery, and receives heaping praise from the media who trump the rebounding economy and renewed respect for America among the psychologically diseased liberal Euro-weenies. The terrorists again attack America repeatedly, killing thousands or more, but President Pelosi and Vice President Hillary Clinton decide against any serious military response.

The questions then before us: does Pelosi cruise to re-election in 2008? 2012? Can any Republican ever regain the trust of the American people? Could we ever restore faith in our words to the ordinary people of the world, especially in Iraq? Would we ever win another war militarily and come home victorious instead of surrendering to the defeated? Would America ever again embody the virtues of bravery?

One of the writers at American Spectator said that if the Dems do take control of the house they will only have a 1-4 seat majority that would be likely reversed in 2008.

I generally think that it is going to be a wash. Cerebus paribus, the GOP may lose 3-5 seats. There will be no ideological shift in the Senate.

To me, I am not perceiving a lot of voter anger. Yes, people in general are war weary, but the Dems have not offered a palatable alternative. The economy is good, and when the 401ks quartiles are mailed out, people are going to be more satisfied with the economy. This election is either going to be like 1990, 2002, or your standard midterm, but I just don't see the dems winning a majority.

However, the Presidential race of 2008 worries me more. Here in the DC area, the 2006 elections are already out of cycle, the jocking has begun.

I'm not too worried about the Democrats taking over. It is hard to imagine them doing anything worse than the Republicans have done in the last 12 years with the increase in bloated government. The Republicans have abandonded their promises for smaller government -- face it, they are now the "bloatware" government.

Yes indeed:

"Consider this leadership lineup:

Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi
Chairman, Ways & Means Committee: Charles Rangel
Chairman, House Judiciary Committee: John Conyers
Chairman, House Appropriations Committee: David Obey
Chairman, Government Reform Committee: Henry Waxman
Chairman, Energy & Commerce Committee: John Dingell

The average age of these congressmen is 72. By contrast, Newt Gingrich was 51 and Dick Armey was 54 when they led the Republican revolution and takeover in 1994. Revolution favors the young.

Another number to keep in mind is 98--the above lineup's average voting-record rating, as scored by the liberal Americans for Democratic Action. Poor Dingell scores only 95. The Michigan congressman once served as a board member of the National Rifle Association. Obviously, this right-winger will have to go. "

http://www.forbes.com/columnists/forbes/2006/1016/031.html