Dana Milbrank wrote an intriguing article in this morning's Washington Post. A Republican senate candidate requested anonymity in order to bash the hell out of Bush and his party and establish his independence.
Here is a
link to the article.
Some key paragraphs:
The candidate, immersed in one of the most competitive Senate races in the country, sat down to lunch yesterday with reporters at a Capitol Hill steakhouse and shared his views about this year's political currents.
On the Iraq war: "It didn't work. . . . We didn't prepare for the peace."
On the response to Hurricane Katrina: "A monumental failure of government."
On the national mood: "There's a palpable frustration right now in the country."
It's all fairly standard Democratic boilerplate -- except the candidate is a Republican . And he's getting all kinds of cooperation from the White House, the Republican National Committee and GOP congressional leaders.
The Cornerites claim he's running in a blue state, and it isn't Rick Santorum. He favors monogrammed shirts and speaks about Congressional Republicans using a regretful "we." He opposes stem cell research and gay marriage, which rules out Lincoln Chafee. My guess is that it's Mark Kennedy, who is doubtlessly looking for a hail mary pass after two polls showed him down by 15+ points in Minnesota. But what do you think?
Update [2006-7-25 10:36:40 by brittain33]: The Corner is now dropping very obvious hints to the identity of the candidate if you'd like to find out the answer.