Has anyone not noticed there is an election on Tuesday? Every day brings some new revelation about campaigns, candidates, or suspected cover-ups, and it’s easy to gloat, or be cynical, depending on your perspective. Election handicappers tell us that 2006 is a watershed year, a mid-term election that has a high probability to upset the balance of power in Congress, not unlike the elections of 1946, 1974, and 1994. The hard part, though, comes after the election when the campaigns are over and the winning party has to learn to govern.
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