>>>As my liberal friends can grudgingly attest to, I've been dead-on predicting the 2002 and 2004 elections. Here's my '06 prediction: Dems pickup a few Senate seats due to anti-incumbency mood as well as a few House seats. GOP still owns both.
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>>I saved this post on purpose. :-D
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>That's right Evan rub it in. :)
>But it all goes in cycles. Soon, it will be the other party back in control.
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>But I am glad that some "conservative" democrats made it.
>In a way, you can say the conservatives won and the Republicans loss.


I think you're right about it going in cycles. American politics is so polarized at the moment, it's very difficult for either party to govern effectively. Having a slight edge in seats over a resentful "minority" is not enough to get much done.