Thanks, Josh! Thanks, Kos! Thanks, Arianna! Thanks, Dean! Thanks, Reid! Thanks, Pelosi! Thanks, Alexrod! Thanks, Obama!

The progs and their blogs took over the Democratic party, via their man Howard Dean -- and what did their brilliant strategy of "let's insult people until they vote for us" achieve? Not only is Barack Obama an almost-certain loser, it appears that national revulsion at his followers' arrogance may flip at least one house of Congress. Even if the Republicans do not gain a majority, the Democratic margin will be thinner.

Think of it. The Dems will lose seats in a year that had everything going for the party.

Why? In part because the progs insisted on launching disgusting and indefensible sexual smears at Sarah Palin and her daughter. Level-headed liberals warned against that course of action, but the Kos Krazies insisted that they knew better. They said that the appearance of Palin's family at the GOP convention justified even the most revolting forms of attack.

(Obama's daughters appeared at the Democratic convention. Does that fact give Republicans a right to say that Obama molests his children?)

Result: An unending series of repellent lies helped to make Sarah Palin an even more sympathetic figure. Her popularity increases with each new prog attack.

Now that the Republicans lead in the presidential race, the unpopularity of this do-nothing Congress will almost certainly translate into lost seats. Heeeerrrrrre's Gallup:

Did Dean, Reid and Pelosi think that the electorate would put up with their horseshit forever? Impeachment hearings would have shifted the perception of inaction and would have further tarnished the Republican brand, but the Democratic leadership would have none of it.

The following comes from the Financial Times. Registration is required for the full article (Democrats on Capitol Hill fear Obama fallout) so I'll quote the pertinent section:

A Democratic fundraiser for Congressional candidates said some planned to distance themselves from Mr Obama and not attack Mr McCain.

“If people are voting for McCain it could help Republicans all the way down the ticket, even in a year when the Democrats should be sweeping all before us,” said the fundraiser, a former Hillary Clinton supporter.

“There is a growing sense of doom among Democrats I have spoken to . . . People are going crazy, telling the campaign ‘you’ve got to do something’.”

Concern was greatest among first-term representatives who won seats in traditionally Republican districts in the landslide of 2006. “Several of them face a real fight to hold on to those seats,” the fundraiser said.

Keep in mind that Joe Lieberman is likely to caucus with the Republicans next year. A one-seat gain means that the Rs have the Senate. They'll take the House, too, if they win 16 seats. That outcome may seem unlikely -- but so did the party switch in 2006.

Over on Kos, the bots keep repeating the mantra: Polls don't matter. The sharks attack anyone who suggests that polls do matter.

Keep it up! Keep it up! The PUMAs find you very amusing. There's no Freude like Schadenfreude.