Election Juxtaposes Ballots and Bullets

Democrats were rolling up election victories last night driven by public concern over the war in Iraq, just as the Army was preparing a new emergency-funding request for $49.2 billion more to pay for overseas operations for the remainder of this fiscal year.
The juxtaposition illustrates the new political reality in Washington, a challenge both for newly powerful Democrats and the Republican president: With the Democrats poised to take control of the House in the next Congress, each will be forced to deal with each other if the government is to function over the next two years.