Reply #5: Democrats. It makes people think of a win in 2006 as inevitable

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All the discussion in the media seems to assume we have won Congress and are getting ready for 2008. The large segment of our population who just votes for whomever they think they are supposed to vote for are just assuming the Dems are the party to vote for now.

It also helps that the buzz is which Dem will win in 2008, which gets people used to the idea that we will win in 2008. The Republicans are on defense now. That should change a few times in the next couple of years, but it's good that people do see us as a viable, even likely, party in power. Beats the last few years, when they've assumed the opposite.

People are talking about which Dem wil get the nomination, because people want something to change. That only helps us. And there are no Repubs to really excite the general public.