Originally Posted by MuadDib

I'm a solid Dem, but I think you're overstating the message as well. Clearly Limbaugh is underestimating the message. That's his job and he's paid very well to do it. What's important is that Democrats like us don't get carried away in the "Oh who won that election? Oh yeah it was acrossed the board!" kind of attitude. If we get carried away with this then we're going to end up sounding like Bush crying mandate in 2000. The American people have not given the liberals a mandate here, they have given the Democratic Party the opportunity to show them what we've got. We have a change to act moderately and responsibly where the American people felt that the Republican Party at large could/would not. If we, as Democrats, start talking like this 'landslide' had more to do with us then it did with them we will seriously jeopardize our potential in '08 and, worse, lose a brilliant opportunity to really prove ourselves as the party of the middle class, the party of economic responsibility, and the party of responsible government. Those are things we have been touting since Clinton, now isn't that time to run with our win, but buckle down for some serious work. Let's stop talking about liberalism and conservatism and instead thank the American people for giving us the chance to prove ourselves then lets do it.