"I honestly don't see how the next Congress is anything other than a "do nothing" Congress:"...
...I agree. They did not win a mandate. No matter what the press tells us. This will be 2 years of a "do nothing because we can't" congress. 2008 election will be more important than '06. The 109th is trying to leave a somewhat conservative taste in everyone's mouth for 2008.
I still think Rove set this up to get GW off the hook and let the RATS auto-eroticate themselves for two years in a do nothing congress and let the people see how bad they are and give it back to the GOP in 08, if they learn their lesson and get conservative real quick.