Bad Week for Democrats  Dodd, Dorgan, and a whole lot of unhappy
voters.   It was a bad week to be a Democrat [Editor's Note,
January 8]. Will it get worse? The decision by entrenched Sens.
Byron Dorgan and Chris Dodd not to run for re-election raised a
whole lot of speculation that more of the mighty would fall.
Both were reacting to an immensely unhappy electorate. The sour
economy is surely a factor, as is discontent with the policies
of President Obama and the performance of Congress as a whole.
Surely, the tortured progress of the healthcare bill has won few
fans for the legislative process. So how bad is it for the
Democrats? How did they fall so far so fast? Have they
overreached in pushing their agenda? Or is it all just about the
bad economy? Most important, will they lose their control of the
House and Senate? Please share your thoughts at