When they blew into town they promised to be the greatest thing since FDR. Now, well, they’re just what we said they always were, a bunch of clowns.

“The Democrats in Congress have lost much of the leadership edge they carried out of the 2006 midterm election, with the lack of progress in Iraq being the leading cause. Their only solace: President Bush and the Republicans aren’t doing any better.

Six weeks ago the Democrats held a 24-point lead over Bush as the stronger leadership force in Washington; today that’s collapsed to a dead heat. The Democrats’ overall job approval rating likewise has dropped, from a 54 percent majority to 44 percent now — with the decline occurring almost exclusively among strong opponents of the Iraq War.

Yet the Democrats’ losses have not produced much in the way of gains for Bush or his party. The president’s approval rating remains a weak 35 percent, unchanged from mid-April at two points from his career low in ABC News/Washington Post polls. The Republicans in Congress do about as badly, with just 36 percent approval.”

It’s going to get worse. As the trial of William “Dollar Bill” Jefferson gets underway, and yet still unrevealed bad news for dems emerge with the still seated Grand Jury over the SWIFT leak, this could be a very bad year for them heading into 2008.

Of course with Republicans having our own troubles this is welcome news. The democrats have basically shown nothing but their backsides the last six months and the American people are beginning to get wind that they’ve been had.