If you think Republicans are screwed, shut up and read this first
I'll keep it brief: they're lowering the bar.
Think about it: anything short of all House Republicans being immolated in a burning lake of God's own fire this November will be viewed as ... a victory for the party and a fresh mandate for the President. An automatic deposit, if you will, into the account that holds all their political capital.
Seriously, consider the cautionary tale of Francine Busby and the California 50th. Here's Kos to explain it to you:
This is a district in which the former Congressman is in prison for corruption far beyond the usual "culture of corruption" craziness, and our candidate's own internal poll doesn't have her above the Kerry line for the district? I don't think this poll looks all that hot for us, frankly. In fact, I think it looks terrible.There will be no coasting if Democrats expect to win back the House and/or the Senate in the fall. NO COASTING. Forget the polls. Forget Bush.If voters were ready to punish Republicans for their culture of corruption, what better place for that to manifest itself than in the district of one of the most corrupt of the lot?
Fight this thing like we're 15 points down in the polls today. And every day. Republicans are not going to give up, no matter what John Dickerson says.
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