Over the last few months, we have been regaled about the low poll numbers of Bush, and how that portends a devastating loss by the Republicans come November in the Mid Term Elections.  But a funny little thing happened on the way to the forums.  Somehow the Mainstream Media message failed to reach the Democrats.

For you see, 2006 is not a presidential election year, and Bush is not running for any office.  Only 34 Senators and 435 members of the house are running (along with other state offices).  And in order to win, the Democrats have to run!  But it seems they forgot that maxim that even Richard Daley or 1000 corpses cannot change.  It seems that the democrats are somehow hoping that a bunch of republican will just drop dead between now and November?  So a Write in candidate can win? (Oops!  Remember Mel Carnahan?)

Even in Districts that went heavily for Kerry in 04, the Democrats are having a hard time fielding candidates.  And that does not bode well for the party on a national level.  Oh, I am sure they very well may pick up a couple of seats, but control of either body does not seem likely if they dont run.  Or if they continue to try to butcher their moderates.

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to work after it has failed every time before.  Sounds like a good definition of the democrat leadership to me.