The Democrats' response to the vote certification

Assuming the Democrats follow through with their plan to object to the Ohio electoral votes, there is little doubt that the objections will not be sustained by either house of Congress. Following this defeat, will the Democrats say that the constitutional process worked, and that the election has been finally and fairly decided? Some will. But those who are mounting the challenge will speak of how the "Republican-controlled" Congress railroaded the dabate through to "select" George W. Bush as president. The "selected, not elected" mantra has worked so well for Democrats since 2000, as they have lost House and Senate seats in both 2002 and 2004, and the presidency in 2004, that they will continue to beat that drum for four more years in an effort to de-legitimize Bush's presidency.

Their only hope is to convince the country that, despite Bush's electoral win, and despite his 3.4 million vote margin of victory in the popular vote (which was sacrosanct in 2000, when Al Gore won the popular vote). Although no Democrat has been quoted for the record, many understand that today could well be a watershed day in the party's history. In addition to challenging the electoral vote, they are smearing the first Hispanic to be nominated as Attorney General of the United States in his confirmation hearings before the Senate. The implosion continues.