I could not find this diaried anywhere, apologies if I missed it.
Stuart Rothenberg has a nice piece on the prospect of the McCain campaign(Not very good) and how the republicans are thinking of limiting their losses in the house and Senate.
This article is full of good news for us. He asks the question Should congressional GOP throw McCain under the bus?
That's never a good sign for a presidential candidate.
First, it's never good to be compared to Dole for a republican.
Second, Some republicans are starting to face the brutal truth that McCain has no chance of winning and they are afraid of down ballot impact.
A dozen years ago this month, with GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole mired far back in the polls, the National Republican Congressional Committee spent millions of dollars on a television ad that urged voters not to give Bill Clinton and "liberal special interests" a "blank check" on Election Day by giving Democrats control of Congress.
Now, with Nov. 4 approaching quickly and the campaign of presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) slipping into a hole that in all likelihood is inescapable, GOP House and Senate strategists — and individual candidates — must decide whether to do the same thing.
Even if they wanted to go that route, they need resources to be able to finance the new ad campaign. Well maybe not. They have some financial issues
Republicans don’t have the resources to blanket the country with a similar ad this cycle, and the circumstances are different because Bill Clinton already had served a term in the White House when the 1996 campaign was heading into the final stretch.
Damned if they do and damned if they don't.
Even if they had the money, would it work? We all know the answer.
Funny thing is they think they still have a chance.
Still, even those who think the message is a good one are realistic about its potential effect. "It’s a good message, but it isn’t a winning message. I think that it may minimize the damage," one GOP strategist speculated.
"Nothing else has worked very well this cycle anyway. It’s worth a try," another Republican agreed.
And nothing will work, they seem to ignore the evidence that the american people know the republican brand is trash. It took a while but after 8 years of Bush, nobody will be hoodwinked or bamboozled anymore!
Hummm, maybe there is a chance than an external event can change the election, funny that they are now praying for something bad to happen! But le coup de gras is sweet music to my ears.
In fact, while an external event could theoretically save McCain, the Arizona Republican’s current prospects are horrible.
If they thought 2006 was a wave, 2008 will be a tsunami.