Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: 2007 ends with Democrats caving into a $555 billion spending bill that gave President Bush everything he wanted including funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan:

"House Republicans were almost in a state of euphoria as they left Washington, D.C., on Wednesday."

As Congress now adjourns for the year, has 2007 been an absolute disaster for Pelosi, Reid, and new Democrat majorities in both Chambers ushered in last November with so much optimism? In fact, given what appears to be failure after failure to deliver on 2006 campaign promises, do Congressional Democrats possibly represent lamer ducks than the President? How does the ineptitude of the first year of the 110th Congress impact next November's elections if at all?