[Fishtalk]

A MAJOR cause for our loss, and one that I hate because it was an obvious setup... was foleygate.

Indeed it was and I agree with you that it was a crying shame. Add to it that Haggard thing and hey, I know he wasn't part of the campaign but that guy was a homo and this info got released at the most opportune moment.

Then we have Bob Ney and how long has this guy been on the take and no one in congress knew about it? Oh, and Cunningham had a fine "menu" of legislative items for sale.

Please don't tell me the Dems are much worse. I know they are. But the Dems are so much better at opposition research than the Pubs and by me, it's almost as if the pubbies sat back and figured that so long as the Dems were doing it, they could too. A literal "good old boys" club it became. Abramoff....hey, the pubs need to clean house first, THEN go after the corrupt Dems.

Maybe now that they're a minority party they will. We can hope.

[LibLieSlayer]

The FBI is and has been hard at work. Fireworks will fly next year and bad Republicans will be found... but more dims will be prosecuted... they are the party of corruption... they invented it! It is going to be a fun year!

LLS

[samantha]

It is not about opposition research, it is about Democrat Values versus Republican Values. Democrats will keep on electing the Ted Kennedy type without a thought given to his Drunk driving, Waitress sandwiching, letting Mary Jo K. die,etc,etc, they just have no standards. Republicans, particularly Conservatives will not put up with that stuff. I do not care what you can show about Democrats being thieves like Jefferson, Extortionists like Reid, Unethical,kickbacking, Union Crime thugs like Menedez, it does not matter the DemsRats do not care, they have different or no values as opposed to Republicans. The Cleansing has begun, and in two Years foley will be forgotten and Joe Negron will be on the Ballot and win. Cunningham will be a distant memory,and Tom Delay will undoubtedly win a huge Court Battle,and be a Lobbyist. The only Senate Seat I do not regret losing is Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island, he stunk up the entire Party.