Apparently the possibility that Democrats win back the Senate.
MR. McCLELLAN: ...
Victoria, go ahead.
Q Yes. Scott, Elizabeth Dole, as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has sent out a fundraising email, and in it she says that if the Democrats take control of the Senate this year they're going to try to call for endless congressional investigations and possibly the impeachment of President Bush. And she also says that that is worse than losing the war on terror. What is your reaction to that?
MR. McCLELLAN: You know, I haven't had a chance to look at the fundraising letter. I think that if you have questions about it you ought to ask Senator Dole. We appreciate all that she does to help advance the ideas that the President has outlined in his agenda for the American people. And we appreciate all that she's doing to support Republican candidates for the United States Senate. But I think we've previously talked about how there are some Democratic leaders who think the enemy is the President. The enemy is the terrorist. And that's why we're going to continue the stay focused on winning the war on terrorism and doing everything within our power to bring the terrorists to justice and prevent attacks from happening.
Q Would you not think that losing the war on terror would be worse than a congressional investigation of the President?
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm sorry?
Q Would you think that losing the war on terror would be worse than --
MR. McCLELLAN: I don't know you're trying to equate the two.
Q Because they're in this letter.
MR. McCLELLAN: The top priority of this President is winning the war on terrorism. I'm not going to comment on a letter that I haven't even seen.
I don't know who "Victoria" is, but I think I want to marry her.
Despite extensive googling (ok, really 5 minutes of googling) I wasn't able to find a copy of the entire fundraising letter. I'm sure some of the more enterprising members of Daily Kos will turn it up, but I do wonder if the tone is more indicative of growing panic in Republican circles or ignorance of the fact that scaring the crap out of the electorate probably isn't going to play as well this time around.