We've already been swamped by 2008 presidential madness -- by Hillary, by Obama(mania), by Fox News smears and Republican pandering to religious extremists -- which suggests that a turning-point election is on the way.
The November election was indeed the watershed we hoped: The conservative order has ended, and Democrats have a chance to reshape politics for the next generation, starting with Iraq and economic reform.
If men had been the only voters in Missouri, Montana or Virginia, we'd have a Republican Senate. It's time for the Dems to listen to what women were voting for in the 2006 elections.
Murtha, a leftist? Maybe on Iraq, but his record on everything from abortion to gun control to Pentagon budgets makes him an old-school conservative Democrat.
Voters in Connecticut in the end went for Joe Lieberman. But Ned Lamont's insurgent anti-war campaign was a step forward for progressive forces building for the future.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. November 10, 2006.
Jack Murtha's leadership on Iraq sparked the first Democratic majority in 12 years. As House Majority Leader, he just might get us out of the Iraq disaster.
