The author presentsten tongue-in-cheek recommendations onreforms forthe Democratic Party.

For the 109th Congress, expect the South and West to stick up for their regional interests, the South to speak with a Republican voice, and the parties to be more clearly divided than ever.

The Senate expects to debate bills designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs and provide a drug benefit to seniors, butall of these bills would be dangerous to your health.

The elderly, like farmers, are learning the secret of how to exert leverage over the political system: Don't get caught up in ideology.

Only through the filter of the press--with incomplete, out-of-context quotes--was it possible for Democrats' claims about Bush to be taken seriously.

The 108th House and Senate will be different in major ways from the 107th House and Senate.

President George W. Bush's tendency towardrisk-taking and competition can be off-putting to women, who value the Democratic Party as the one that will protect the safety net.

Ohio is George Bush's make-or-break state in election 2004. No Republican has won the presidency without winning Ohio--ever.