Yeah more or less.

Except maybe the winning part, jury still out on that one. In 2004 few people thought the Dems would be able to completely turn the tables in 4 years and hose the country with something like Obamacare.

[Yoda] The future, hard to predict it is. Take it for granted at your peril, yes. [/Yoda]

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)