Well, the Democrats appear to be pinning their hopes on the angry voter to take back the Congress in 2006. Jill Zuckman from the Washington Bureau of the Chicago Tribune writes about a number of quotes from the current Democrat planners.

The Democrats are excited that people are disappointed in Congress. The Democrats are working with the press to publicize as many scandals as they can regarding Republicans to attempt to get more people angry at Republicans and to turn more people off from voting -- the less people vote, the better Democrats appear to do.

Comparisons are being made about the approval ratings of Congressmen between the 1994 Republican takeover and today -- they are about the same. However, the Republicans claim that the biggest reason people voted for them in 1994 was because they promised change -- the Contract With America -- not just because voters were annoyed at scandals.

Of course, in 1993, there were 89 competitive seats. Today there are 28. That number alone should just sicken people. Just 6% of the seats in Congress are competitive. That's absolutely awful. That means 94% of the Congress is fat, dumb, and happy, and needs to do nothing to remain in their job. Ugh.

But if someone's going to capitalize on the dislike for Congress and scandals, how about a slogan for the 2006 Congressional elections:

You can't trust Democrats.
You can't trust Republicans.
Vote Libertarian.

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