Democratic congressional candidate Rob Hubler wants people to remember amid all the Sarah Palin hoopla over the last eight days that Republicans still have an eight-year record in the White House to defend. In Omaha, Neb., with two other Democratic candidates for the U.S. House, Hubler, who is running against U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, in the Fifth District, made the point that Republicans, not “some alien third party” have been in charge In Iraq, according to the Fremont (Neb.) Tribune.

OMAHA, Neb. – Three Democratic candidates facing tough House races against incumbents in Republican-heavy Midwestern districts joined forces Wednesday to bash the Bush administration and Congress on Iraq policy.

From Nebraska, Jim Esch of Omaha and Max Yashirin of Lincoln appeared at a joint news conference with Iowa’s Rob Hubler of Council Bluffs.

“Republican leadership would have you believe some alien third party has been in charge,” said Hubler, who’s running against GOP Rep. Steve King in Iowa’s 5th District, the most Republican congressional district in the state.

But it’s been President Bush, aided by the Republicans in Congress, who’ve fouled up the nation’s foreign policy, Hubler said.