Reply #106: We don't,--and we didn't in 2006.

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But the revulsion Americans felt against the Republicans made it impossible to steal enough seats to hold on to either house of congress. They stole plenty of votes and suppressed plenty more. The margin of Dem victory was undoubtedly much greater than what the vote tallies showed, and there were undoubtedly seats given to Republicans that were actually won by Dems (see district 13 in Florida, for example), but they didn't (or couldn't) steal or suppress enough to prevent Dems from taking both houses and the investigative and subpoena power that goes with majority status.

These investigatiosn and other factors have drawn attention and made it harder for them to manage the theft and suppression of votes. They will still do it--especially with the 8 new US Attorneys in those swing states. But, for example, the Ohio SoS is a Dem good guy, and is cleaning house by unseating the corrupt election board. And more people are paying attention, so it won't be quite as easy to steal or suppress votes--and that will be at a time when they will need to steal or suppress even MORE votes than in the past to counter the tsunami of revulsion against the Republicans.