If the Democrats fail I'll vote Republican in the next elections just like I voted for the Democrats in the last election. Maybe one day we'll get lucky and get some people in there that have some degree of success?

I think this is much of the problem. People didn't like Bush because he spent too much, so by voting in the Democrat they voted in an even bigger spender. We also need some checks and balances if you give one party too much power they abuse it. Now we have a mess on our hands. We must do a better job of looking beyond party and vote for people with conservative values democrat, republican or independent. Just voting in the other party dosn't work too well imo.