While the GOP continues to try and pin the "cut and run" label on the Democrats, according to this article most of the Democrats running for Congress do not favor an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, or even a timetable for withdrawal. It appears that most Democrats running for Congress, despite the withdraw now fervor of the anti-war crowd, are taking the responsible view that such a withdrawal would be a disaster for America's position in the world and its efforts in defeating the Islamists.

Michael Barone says the recent British airline bomb plot has given the GOP a significant boost in the polls. Fred Barnes also sees this trend and believes the Republicans now have a chance to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. There is, of course, still a long way to go and much that can happen between now and November. I still believe there is a tremendous anti-incumbent feeling in the public at large. So I am still betting on the Democrats taking control of Congress. But, if the public is more concerned about the terrorist threat as they enter the polls in November, that will certainly bring more independents to stick with the GOP and energize core GOP voters to defend their incumbents.