Emboldened by victory, Democrats could use their ascendance to begin a new era of oversight and investigation. A Democratic victory could mean that Bush's tax cuts for the 1% of the nation's most wealthy would not be renewed, attempts to revive his privatizing (meaning destrying the guarantees in) our Social Security would be doomed and efforts to further broaden fascist national security presidential power in the face of civil liberties concerns would be thwarted.
Most worrisome to the White House is the subpoena power that Democrats would gain with a majority in the House or Senate. For years, Republicans have looked the other way in the Bush administration, but Democrats are eager to reexamine an array of issues, such as Vice President Cheney's energy task force, the Jack Abramoff scandal, and preparations for the Iraq war.
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