The Republicans take a thumpin' and Rumsfeld resigns

The final count in the House is 229-196.
In the senate, it is either fifty-fifty or the Dems lead by one.
Eithr way it doesn't matter.
The Democratic party did very well this election.
President Bush stood up and took notice.
Rumsfeld resigned.
What's next?

That's the big question now.
There are a lot of implications in this election.
The population in general has virtually given the White House a vote of no confidence.
The War in Iraq being the primary issue, with other issues including scandals, alleged illegal activities, and arrogance.
So the President is going to have to go back to the drawing board.
Now we will hear a lot of talk about bipartisanship.
There will be some concessions made by the Republican party.
Amnesty is around the corner for the illegal aliens.
A minimum wage hike is all but guaranteed.
There will be new strategy sessions on the war in Iraq.
After that there will be a whole lot of talk.
Because or all of the excitement that the Democrats have and all of the shock and awe that the Republicans are feeling is all overshadowed by something even bigger.

There's another election in '08.
And make no mistake, everybody in Washington is already planning for it.
You see, election season for '08 begins today.

And now we see the real implications.
There will be a lot of talk by the Democrats for investigations. For oversight. For impeachment.
The Republicans will counter by pointing to any failure as being evidence that the Democrats are not, in fact, leading. That's what they promised to do, isn't it?

And '08 is gearing up to be a big one. Because in this election something unusual happened. (Other than the congress changing hands)
The Democrat party elected a whole lot of candidates who are moderate, or even conservative. In other words, the Left moved toward the right.
On the other hand, most of the Republicans who lost were moderates.
Those furthest to the right are still in office. The registered Republican votors have expressed frustration not in the administration's failures, but in their gradual slide to near-moderate status, beginning in the early days of President Bush's second term. The conservatives gripes include Chief justice Roberts, talks of amnesty for the illegals, and no results in social security. The buzz word in the conservative camp lately has been "stay home on election day".
And now the Republican party has moved to the right, too.

Will the center move to the right?