I am actually sorry that this whole Foley thing has taken place when it did. Sure it shows Republican's for what they are, power hungry and unprincipled. And don't get me wrong, it is fun watching them eat their own as the D's have been doing for so long.
more after the flip
However, once the election is over all of these wins that we have fought so hard for will be marginalized. I can already here Limbaugh, Hannity, etc. saying "the only reason the D's won is because of a child predator scandal." As a matter of fact you are starting to hear this similar theme today. Scarborough on Today show alluded to this and others are coming to this conclusion. In the end, will the R's, Faux News, and their allies be able to marginalize this win? Will they be able to sell the losses to the masses as just the bad decisions of a few and not the repudiation of their policies we would have had without a win tainted by Foleygate? I believe they will be able to sell this as "W" and his failures did not cost us the election.
At the beginning of this year I would say a win is a win. I will still take any wins we can get. I just hope the country will see this victory as what it is underneath. Complete rejection of Bush and his policies.