Now Or Never

From Political Wire. The key sentence is the last one.

It Takes a Sex Scandal

Howard Fineman: "An Iraq war that has cost us nearly half trillion dollars -- and the good will of the world -- might not have done it. Runaway federal spending that allowed the national debt to reach $8.5 trillion might not have done it. George Bush's low approval ratings, the lack of comprehensive immigration reform, the historical pattern of an anti-incumbent 'six-year itch' in presidencies, the cascade of stories about administration ineptitude and dissembling and congressional financial and lobbying corruption -- none of these issues seemed destined to end the Republicans' 12-year reign in Congress.""Then came the Foley Scandal.

If the Democrats can't take the Hill now, they deserve to go the way of the Whigs."