It’s almost time for the 110th Congress to return to the Hill and hunker down to a new session of lawmaking.

For those who watched the first session via CSpan and other media, it often seemed more a war than a deliberative process. So, how do they rate their first session?

Here’s a clip from: Dems, GOP Look Back At First Session Of 110th

“This has been one of the most successful sessions I’ve served in 26 years in Congress,” said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Party “made history in many respects, but much more needs to be done.”

Read the rest -> here.

How big a noise will Congress have to make to be heard over the roar of the multi year campaign that might be called Election 2007-2008?

It sometimes seems as if the principal job of the 110th Congress is to win the Election 2007-2008, and everything else is “second tier” stuff.

We’re getting close to that point where the rest of the world often likes to “take care of business” while we’re busy looking inward.