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NOTE:  Sorry I have been lax this week, I am working hard on setting up on a new blog project, NW Bloggers.   

I had a feeling that as the year progressed we would see that the Democrat’s election day massacre would go in some strange directions.

Some were predictable.  The want to ditch John Bolton, they want to drawdown the troops in 6 months and Barbara Boxer wants hearings on global warming. 

Yawn.

The leadership roles have been somewhat strange though.  First the RNC dropped Ken Melhman and replaced him with Mel Martiniez.  Michael Steele had early on been considered a contender, which was rather pleasing sounding, but the choice of Mel has gotten at best an "UGH" reaction from most conservatives.

Then Rumsfeld resigned.  This was a surprise but not a huge one, and what I was more surprised at was the timing.  Rumors suggested that Bush and Rumsfeld held off on this to keep it from influencing the election.  Some however counter that said influence might have had a positive impact on some of the closer elections races.  What was also strange was the wails of despair in some comments and the gloating in others.