No, this diary is not about Chuck Todd (although I do want to thank Chucky for the inspiration). This is about the big, giant, 900 pound elephant meta-issue in the room: What happens when this group of Republicans actually wins more seats, and sees their extremism and bad behavior rewarded.
No offense to anybody's opinions, but we are handed the electoral map we are handed. And no elections have ended yet - so I'm not sure what all the Monday morning quarterbacking is all about. Yes, red state seats are harder for Democrats to defend than blue state seats. I don't care.
In point of fact, I'm tired of all the complaining. I'm sorry if you don't like your gubernatorial candidate because she doesn't know who the all-stars on your baseball team are. I really don't care if you think your Senate candidate could be more charismatic or better for labor then the person they knocked off in the primary.
The point is this: Regardless of the individual candidates, their contributors, bone-head debate statements, ads with backlash, etc., we really need to understand that the Republican party - by virtue of their behavior over the past 6 years alone - should be disqualified from holding any office, anywhere.
Honestly, this is not a political party - not any more. They are a zombie cult army, and they see us as an enemy, not political opposition. Listen to the language, and look at what they are willing to do. They have their own consultants, their own pollsters, their own schools and even their own media. They talk to themselves in the same language over and over and never, ever leave the reservation. That's not government. And that's disqualifying.
Not enough for some of you? You want more?
This political "party" thinks that it is OK to use the law to deny people the right to vote so they have a better shot at winning. That's clearly unconstitutional (whether Scalia agrees or not). Never mind the fact that it's immoral. And when the courts say "no" to the new Jim Crow, they send intimidation squads into polling places to try to cut off votes that way. People fought and died for that right, so how about we don't sit this one out because President Obama's new war on ISIS annoys you?
This is the GOP that decided the best opposition strategy was to never compromise with President Obama on anything, to demean him with a wink and a nod to the crazy (and racist) birther people. Not clear enough? How many news stories have we seen of GOP operatives sending around emails that show watermelons growing on the White House lawn, and the like? The cultural racism of the party is bad enough, but - honestly - the opposition HAS to compromise. The constitution says the government works that way. Not filibuster till you drop. So, how about we drop the idea that Charlie Baker, Alan Fung (or insert another Republican "moderate" here) wouldn't be so bad and we stick with the plan and vote the party line. After all, do you think they won't drink the same Kool-Aid?
The last Republican to publically tell a racist to STFU was John McCain during one of his campaign rallies in 2008 - and that was before President Obama won the election. Since then - birthers, Tea Party and Donald Trump speak? From the GOP leadership we hear crickets, and watch them wink and nod at the lunatics they have no business cavorting with - because they know those are guaranteed GOP votes.
Is this disqualifying enough for you? Motivating enough?
And I haven't even mentioned the American Taliban, the war on women, the monstrous way they view gay people and latino immigrants, or the Koch Brothers and their oligarchical pals who think glutting the rich by gutting the middle class is more important that having an economy that is actually designed to feed everybody.
Oh, and then there are the neo-cons who think that foreign policy is a money-making opportunity, no matter how destabilizing that may be.
So on the face of it, before you even go delve into the specifics of any particular issue that gets you all hot and bothered, the Republican party's immoralism, their lack of American values (like honest debate, respect for our laws, or democracy) should be enough for you, and anybody who is not in the cult.
Today's GOP sees our democratic system as a toy. And that - more than anything else - makes the entire party disqualified for office.
So maybe your Democratic candidates are not your favorites ever. Or maybe you think the President could be better on some issue. Or you think Harry Reid needs to learn a lesson. Do you honestly think any of that is worth the damage the GOP can do? Did the last Bush administration teach you nothing?
The public is clearly not in love with the cult (at least not the ones who aren't card-carrying whack-job members). The polling is really, really close. They seem as poised to dump a whole bunch of crazy, tea-party governors as they are to vote out red-state Democrats, after all.
Here's what I say: The Republicans have disqualified themselves for office. So what say we all put on our big-boy/big-girl pants, bring as many of our friends as possible, and vote to make sure they get that message.