Despite all the gloom and doom over the election results, the D's didn't do that bad in the House. They will lose 3-4 seats it appears, not bad considering we lost 5 in Texas alone! The problem was that there was no "tidal wave" to help the D's out. Incumbents won 98% of the time, and of course that helps the GOP at the moment since they hold the majority.
The D's are actually in pretty good shape going into '06. With the possible exception of redistricting in GA we don't appear to have many vulnerable seats: Bean in IL-8, possibly Salazar in CO-3 but thats about it! Of course a lot depends on open seats as well.
We do have some good opportunities, esp. since it will be an off-year election. I think CO-4 (Musgrave), CT-2 (Simmons), IN-8 (Hostetler) and IN-9 (assuming Hill dosn't win the recount), MN-6 (Kennedy), NV-3 (Porter), NM-1 (Wilson,)PA-6 (Gerlach) and WA-8 (Reichert) are prime opportunities. We should also challenge senior GOP members like DeLay (TX-22), Hyde (IL-6), Drier (CA-26) and Boehlert (NY-24), who are all potentially vulnerable. There are several other potiential targets as well. Realistically we may not be able to take the House back any time soon. But now is the time to start moving in that direction!