How GOP went wrong

This is a good analysis of why the GOP will lose seats, and deserve to. In a nutshell, Congressional Repubs have been a weakly-led and disappointing bunch, and Bush didn't provide the kind of leadership influence on the Hill that he should have, either. It was a prescription for a lot of disorganized, ineffectual free-lancing, and that's mostly what we got. As a result, Social Security reform just died, and the immigration issue was badly fumbled. The only reason this election won't be a blow-out is that the feckless Dems couldn't manage to come up with any kind of positive, attractive platform:

Could Have, Would Have, Should Have
How Republicans could have avoided the trouble they're in

(San Pedro Creek PS: Voting at La Madera took about 5 minutes at 7:45 this morning, no line at all, just walk in and vote. I wonder if that means turnout will be low, or if I just hit the right time. But, also, the paper ballot goes faster than machine voting, because there are tables for at least a dozen people to be filling theirs out, compared to only 2 or 3 machines.)

Byron