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Of course it could happen in reverse. It can always happen in reverse. That, however, was not the point. The point was whether or not the 2006 elections were, in the words of our current president, a "thumpin'" Whether they were or weren't has nothing to do with what happens in 2008 and beyond. After all, the Democrats recaputring the HoR in 2006 doesn't change the fact that they got whipped in 1994.

Not to get too off topic, but out of curiosity, how is Rangel's draft legislation an "insult" to the military and their families? FWIW, I don't necessarily agree with reviving the draft, but I have no problem with Rangel using this bill to make a very valid point-- that we should honor the lives our soldiers so that when we send them away do die, we do so with the utmost care and for a cause that's just.