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[I hope you know a helluva lot of Conservatives to make up for the hoards of liberals voting now.]

It was the moderates who made the difference in the last election because they all gravitated toward the left after seeing the lack of enthusiasm on the right.

But the funny thing about moderates is they're FICKLE, and if the Democrats don't live up to their campaign promises* in the next year and a half, the moderates can just as easily all break for the Republicans in '08, provided they can scrounge up a few decent candidates who don't come off as Democrat Lite.

*The Democrats had better start pulling some magic wands out of their butts it they intend to keep all the promises they made during the last campaign. For starters, they promised their constituents they would:

-- come up with a "smarter" solution to the war in Iraq
-- stop using our troops to fight terrorism and rely on the U.N. and international courts to keep us safe from militant Islamists, and also implement a plan of peace with the terrorists through negotiation, diplomacy and apology for the crimes of America past and present.
-- dramatically increase entitlements to everyone in need without increasing the budget deficit
-- repeal the tax cuts without hurting taxpayers or businesses
-- come up with a solution to keep both social security and Medicare solvent without changing the programs in any way or raising taxes to make up for future shortfalls
-- make sure all workers earn a "living wage" without causing a rise in inflation or unemployment or hurting business or the savings of retirees
-- enact significant environmental regulations without negatively affecting the economy and come up with a plan to reverse global warming
-- impeach Bush and try him and everyone in his cabinet for crimes against humanity

While the above list may sound satirical, in fact the Democrats have promised all of these things to their various constituents in exchange for their enthusiastic votes this past November and those voters are going to be mighty pissed off if the Democrats can't deliver.