A Bad Week For The GOP

For a few different reasons this was not a good week for the GOP. In Ohio we had news that it appears that Democrats are poised to unleash a statewide sweep. And in Virginia came further revelations about

George Allens potty mouth,and its past utterances. Sen Allen hoped for this campaign to his debut on the national stage. Instead its looking more and more like Ashley Simpsons on SNL. I think by election day there will be no further talk of Allens suitibility for the Republican presidential ticket.

Not too far away,in Pennsylvania, the Casey-Santorum matchup has gone into double digits--favoring the Democrats. Ricky must be going nuts as he watches it slide away. Maybe he and Allen can take a golf juncket together later in the fall. They'll have the time.

There were other events of note. Testor in Mo. came out hard against Burns and the Patriot Act. He looks to be making up ground there and this may well be a pick up. The release of the NIE further kneecapped chimpy and turdblossems attempts to make national security an issue against Democrats. Bushes approval numbers,while claimed in some quarters to be rising,are in fact quite stagnant,unable to get over or even near a 50% threshold. They're stuck and ain't gonna get better. Especially if 'Big Dog' goes on the warpath like he did on Faux News on Sunday. Clinton did what so many Demcrats need to do--push back. Hard. Not take that neo-con assault. If they know they are going to get hit they won't go there (don't think faux will have Bill back any time soon).

All in all, a pretty good week for Democratic Party candidates. Ther needs to be a lot more hard work in the next while to ensure there are more. We know they've got something up their sleeve. Get ready for it.