IMHO, this is a strategy fraught with peril – what are they going to do if the Democrats lose seats in 2010? They’re setting themselves up so that they absolutely *have* to gain seats next year – any backsliding at all is going to result in “we won” being tossed right back at them. Of course, that would require some consistency in the media, and there’s a greater likelihood of me sprouting wings and flying to Pluto than that happening. Remind me of the last time you heard 0bama referred to as a chickenhawk, frex… – Jay G