E Pluribus Unum

by Mark Adams

Steve Soto at The Left Coaster alerts us to the polling data, via FOX:

An internal GOP poll and analysis by a Republican strategist this afternoon concludes that if Hastert stays as Speaker, the GOP will suffer cataclysmic losses next month.

So, when I mentioned the sheer idiocy of Hugh Hewitt earlier, it was not because I disagree with his conclusion that Dennis Hastert should fight with all his might to retain the Speakership.  It was because he arrived at that conclusion for all the wrong reasons.

Actually, for Democrats, the entire fiasco is a win-win.  If Hastert steps down, we no longer have to put up with the President's chief enabler.  If he stays, he's a lightening rod.

Make no mistake.  Hastert needs to go.  But the phrase "The sooner the better" only works if you're a Republican.