I know I really should not be taking up a whole diary to do this, but I would really like to know an easy way to go back and look at some old MyDD diary archives from the 2002 and 2004 elections.  

The more I think about it, the more I see huge similarities between Richard Nixon in 1968 and Hillary Clinton in 2008.  Both are figures that have a likeability problem and both would benefit from the unpopularity of the opposition party.  Lyndon Johnson was very unpopular in 1968 and George W. Bush is very unpopular now because of unpopular wars.  Despite these favorable conditions, Richard Nixon was only able to pull out a close 43%-42% victory in the fall over Johnson's VP, Hubert Humpherey.  At the same time Republicans made almost no gains in Congress.  

OK, I am not going to talk about Presidential candidates here because I know it will just lead to another useless arguement.  Instead, I want to turn to another issue of great importance that people in the liberal blogosphere are not paying nearly enough attention to.  That is the battle for control of the House.  This new Rasmussen poll shows Democrats clinging to a bare 44%-40% lead in the generic Congressional ballot.  http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c ontent/politics/mood_of_america/congress ional_ballot/generic_congressional_ballo t