Now, more than ever, it's important to vote Democratic

This year, more than ever, it's important to vote Democratic in all House and Senate elections because it is crucial to break up the rubber-stamp Republican majority in Congress. They've enabled the disastrous Bush-Cheney policies on the Iraq war. They've given Bush a blank check to trash the Constitution. They've refused to engage in any kind of meaningful Congressional oversight. And even though your individual Congressman might be good, the fact is, if he's a Republican, he'll vote to stay the course. And what we need now is a new direction.

Michael Kinsley:...

[A] vote for the Democrat is a vote against the Republican. And voting "no" to a record of failure is more important to the functioning of democracy than voting "yes" to any number of promises about the future. It was not Newt Gingrich's Contract With America that caused the great Republican sweep of 1994: It was disgust, skillfully nurtured by Republicans, with the Democratic-controlled Congress.