What a Difference a Delay Makes

It seems in the past month or so that the fog is starting to lift in this country and we may finally be back on the right track. The Republican game plan of telling the same lie over and over no longer appears to be working. As Cheney comes out of his hole and makes a few speeches asserting that his administration did not lie to Congress and the American people to justify their precipitant (and profitable for his Halliburton cronies) rush to war, no one is paying any attention. It's clear to everyone that he is simply lying through his fangs.
The game plan of attacking as unpatriotic anyone who questions their lies and incompetence is also not working. When they attack Jack Murtha for telling the truth about their failure to plan for anything (outside of securing oil wells) on how to help Iraq govern itself, even their own party doesn't buy it, and Bush is forced to backtrack from their usual nasty tactics.
Why did things change in such a positive manner? Why did the press finally start asking questions that make obvious how evil and incompetent this administration is? I think it might relate back to October 19 and the indictment of Tom Delay. That seems to have been the catalyst. Like the pulling down of Stalin's statue seemed to energive the former Soviet citizens clammoring for change, the toppling of the Republican poster boy for bullying and abuse of power has seemed to have started us back on the path of progress. Here's hoping this is just the beginning.