[MarkL]

And since one of the results of this election has been the election of more moderate Democrats, last night's new Congressmen will serve as a check on liberal-to-radical Dems who seem determined to turn themselves into proctologists investigating every internal aspect of the Bush administration.

Sorry John, but I think that you're completely wrong here. Remember who RUNS the democratic party. Remember who holds the pursestrings. Remember who's in the leadership positions. Those newly elected members of congress, most of whom were elected BECAUSE they ran as "moderates" or even "conservatives" will find that if they want to have an office bigger than a coffin, or be assigned to any committees, they're going to have to go along with the hard leftists on pretty much every issue.

Mark

[Alberta's Child]

It's not going to be that easy for the Democrats to control these House freshmen. Many of them won seats that went to the GOP in 1994 specifically because the Democratic Party lost touch with the conservative voters in these districts.

I've already been rumors that the Democrat who won Delay's seat is going to switch to the GOP because he knows he doesn't have a chance in hell of winning re-election there as a Democrat.