They've Got High Apple Pie In the Sky HopesThe Democrats,
that is.
The party remains deeply divided on issues ranging from the war in Iraq and government spending to hot-button cultural issues. But Democrats are uniting around a common theme for the 2006 elections, one cribbed from their rivals' playbook: an end to the majority party's "culture of corruption."Yes, that seems to be their one-size-fits-all prescription.
In the wake of indictments of House majority leader Tom DeLay and reports of an SEC investigation into possible insider trading by Senate majority leader Bill Frist, Democrats are also accelerating plans to set forth their own version of a "Contract With America."This month, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven opted out of races to challenge incumbent Democratic senators. Political analysts say it's a sign that promising GOP candidates are reluctant to jump into races in a year that could be defined by an anticorruption backlash against Republicans.Sigh. Yeah, Tom Delay's indictment is really going to convince everybody that Republicans are corrupt.
