Unless something big happens, don't expect any tectonic shifts in power.

Perhaps, when the people get some guts and are really willing to fight for our Democracy, which is now on life-support, our leaders will follow.

Mainly because they will have no choice.

The Opinion Mill:

"Bush's poll numbers are in the toilet, the war is a disaster (Iraq now, Afghanistan soon), the GOP is sodden with corruption and scandal, so obviously conditions are ripe for a Democratic landslide in November -- right?

As I see it, there are two ways to start a landslide: either you push things until they start rolling, or you make a noise so loud that something on the verge of collapsing actually shakes loose and starts tumbling.

I don't see the party leadership doing much pushing, and they sure aren't making much noise. All I hear is the mild cheeping of Nancy Pelosi assuring Tim Russert that the Democrats would never dream of doing something so gauche as censure or impeach a president who lied the country into an unnecessary war. I'd love to see a political leader give Russert a disgusted look and say, 'Gee, Lil' Russ, just because you've forgotten how to do your job doesn't mean everyone else has to.' I'd also love to see a political party that honors fighters like Russ Feingold and tells a mingy appeaser like Hillary Clinton to give all that money she's raised to somebody who'll put it to good use, and then go wind-surfing with John Kerry. But I guess we'll have to wait for some other political party to come along before that happens."