Reply #25: As I said in another post,

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The media are setting the Democrats up for failure in the November elections by dictating the dialogue. They are making it seem that anything less than a Democrat takeover in BOTH the House and Senate is a failure for the Dems and evidence that Americans want to stay on Bush and the Republican's agenda.

And they're dictating the dialogue by saying stupid things like the economy has been running well, which is good for Bush and the Republicans. They are serving as stooges for Bush by saying he's showing some flexibility on the war in Iraq, instead of calling it flip-flopping like they would have done had a Democrat done the same thing.

I think if the Dems gain one of the houses of Congress or neither, but gain seats, then take what you get and work harder for 2008. This is one of the few elections where I've seen Democratic candidates have a backbone and go after their Republican opponents the way the Republicans have been doing it for years. If the Dems make gains in both houses, but don't take control of either, then take what was earned and work harder in 2008.

If the Dems take both houses, then great. Then work to KEEP control by addressing peoples' needs and not be what the Republicans have devolved government into.