National: Independent voters no ideological conversion

From Casper Star Tribune: Democrats Now Look to Sustain Majority, By JIM KUHNHENN - Casper Star Tribune (AP) ...Voters gave Democrats control of Congress but did not undergo an ideological conversion. The Democrats' success had more to do with anger toward President Bush, weariness over the war and contempt for the corruption and scandal in Congress _ a confluence of negatives that became a political force..... "I don't think what you saw on Tuesday was a major political realignment," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. "A lot of people are saying Republicans stayed home. I think we really lost it among independents. The takeaway from it is you have to have a motivated base and you have to have a strategy to get to those independent voters."....