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Agree, actually. Dems need to spend less time talking and making PR appearances, and more time getting things done.

And what exactly are they supposed to do, Gomez, between now and Jan when they're sworn in? The Dems don't have the power to do squat right now - they haven't had that power in the House for 12 years, and in the Senate for the last 4.

In the interest of fairness you should at least wait until March to level that critisism at the Dems.

As bad as the Dem's public image is, they've been given the chance to finally get something done, and they'd better make good on it. Even run-of-the-mill, boring old competence will be a huge improvement on the current situation. I'm chomping at the bit for the 110th Congress to begin in January. Until then, however, there's not really much the Dems can do but talk.

I'm not just referring to the last two weeks, John. I am referring to the long term both in the past and in the future.

On the whole though, I do agree with this article; one election doesn't make a revolution. In my lifetime I have witnessed the press proclaim the death of the republican party in 1964 and again in 1974; a scant 6 years later the republicans bounced back to the point the press was proclaiming the demise of the Democrats; a death notice they repeated in 1994. And speaking of '94, what republican that year wasn't confidently predicting a one term Clinton Presidency?

The one big advantage the Democrats have right now is the republicans: they are in DC as we speak, reelecting the corrupt leadership that led them into this debacle.