October 2, 2007 (LPAC)-- An investigation by truthout.org has confirmed what Lyndon LaRouche had said shortly after the November 2006 elections, which turned control of both the Senate and the House over to the Democrats: The victory could have been much bigger. Investigative reporter Matt Renner and the truthout staff have done an investigation, focusing on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), headed by Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel, and presented four case studies which demonstrate that Emanuel, an appointee of Nancy Pelosi, acted to thwart activist anti-war candidates in favor of more conservative Democrats, ones which were much less accountable to the citizenry.

Quoting from the report: "Thirteen of the Democratic members of the House [that Emanuel helped elect] in 2006 joined The Blue Dog Coalition; a group that, according to its spokesperson, has no official stance on withdrawal from Iraq or the president's warrantless wiretapping program... 30 out of 47 of the Blue Dog members broke with the majority of Democrats and cast votes in favor of the recent Protect America Act, a bill that greatly expanded the power of the executive branch to spy on Americans. The caucus also broke with the majority of Democrats when 40 of the Blue Dog members voted to continue funding the occupation of Iraq without a timetable for withdrawal..."

Renner provides four case studies of direct interference by the DCCC in the election process, at the primary phase, something their bylaws expressly prohibit. Emanuel's choices tended to be wealthy, establishment types, in one case even a former Republican, in opposition to "grass-roots" candidates, many of whom had built their own "machines," and whose primary goal was withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Media and financial support would immediately follow the DCCC anointed ones. In two of the cases, Illinois's 6 th District, and Florida's 13th District, the DCCC candidate lost the election to a Republican.

Were it not for corrupt interference of this type, the country would have a Congress which much more closely represented the "will of the people."