It’s kind of a common wisdom that Republicans will do anything to win elections. At the least, they’re willing to bend the rules a lot further than the Democrats. Some people even admire them for that. But, you know, I don’t believe it anymore. Look at them stand by and get decimated without changing a damn thing about their policies or even their rhetoric. They’re like lambs being led to slaughter and there’s almost no fight in them. John McCain is running the most conventional Republican race conceivable. And the congressional incumbents still have not broken with the least popular president in American history.