Ds are Ds, Rs are Rs, and DLCs are a major PIA.

(ROBERT L. BOROSAGE - HUFFPO) - Ellen Tauscher's claims that more conservative New Dem candidates will be the key to Democratic gains in the election that has yet to take place
This is truly bizarre. Three elements are central to virtually every Democratic campaign this fall - the war in Iraq, the middle class squeeze, and Republican corruption. Democrats are virtually unified in calling for a change in course in Iraq, in hammering Republicans on stagnant wages, with an emphasis on the outsourcing of good jobs, and on indicting Republicans for selling out Americans to the drug and oil industries. Ironically, many Republican incumbents have sought to defend themselves by charging their opponents with being in the pocket of their corporate or trial lawyer donors. Ads in campaigns across the country are more populist than any campaign in memory.