they get tougher challenges from within their own ranks. The good spin is that the Democrats know how important it is to take back our democracy and they don't trust the people to 'see through' rovian attempts to label them unappetizing and again vote against our own interest.  Americans can pay 'poll service' to ideas like, let 'em have an up or down vote,' and 'support our troops.' According to polls Americans are profoundly confused about what's the right thing to do.  They want the dem's to end the war, but if they cut off funding and George Bush punished our troops to make a political point, the dem's would be blamed, because they should have know what George would do.  Like the vote for war authorization that was 'sold' as giving Bush more clout to demand compliance.  Hillary really should have known he'd only use the war authorization part, and now that we know even Saddam was willing to be 'bought off,' which would have completely removed any of his support at home, and saved our kids lives and limbs, everyone knows his rationale for war authorization was a lie, but we, even I, still blame her for not seeing through his lies, guessing correctly that he was lying, and voted against it.  It's hard to win when the opposition doesn't feel bound to be truthful about anything  Our dem's are being to my mind way too careful, but we must win in 08, that's not in dispute.