Color Me With Disbelief: Broder On The GOP's Tough Road

I respect David S. Broder, I do. And yes, I would even agree that the Republicans and the GOP as a whole are doing a very bad job of anything but lying and pissing people off.

But we've seen them steal elections on two if not three occasions and we've seen them play Fear Factor every single election after 2001. I have little doubt they will pull out all the stops to win in November's mid-term elections even if the votes go to their opponents.

Here's a news wire piece that basically makes my point about the GOP dirty tricks from the chickenhawk party we can expect:

Republicans will play defense in this fall's state legislative races to avoid a "tsunami" that could alter the political landscape in statehouses around the country, the head of the GOP's legislative campaign committee said Wednesday.

Democrats, who currently hold a 21-seat advantage among the country's 7,382 state legislative seats, are hoping the national mood and historical trends contribute to legislative gains.

"Some years you play offense, and some years you play defense," said Alex Johnson, executive director of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee. "And this is a year when we play a bit of defense and hope to steal a few."

Steal? You betcha!