So, right after the 2006 elections, I posted up a diary entry titled "This was not a Victory" and caught a lot of flack. You can find it here. Given the last couple days and all the hooting and hollering going on, I thought I would remind folks why I wrote that and why it is still true.
Frankly, when we won the majority in both houses, I was surprised, and joyful. Not because I expected great things, but because I hoped that with a majority, the Dems could at least limit the damage that BushCo could do until 2008. I really didn't have higher expectations.
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