TAKING A ROVIAN DIVE? Reader Brandon Haber writes:

With all the disinterest and disgust coming from the electorate to the Republican party, I honestly have to wonder what’s going on. It’s certainly possible that it is legitimate: that the Republicans, as they currently stand, are unfit to govern.

Then I thought about it some more. What if they were intentionally sabotaging the 2006 elections, giving the Democrats a temporary run with power for (hopefully) two years? Put the Democrats in control of Congress, and then the Presidency will stay Republican in ’08. Congress is obviously powerful, but if it’s President Hillary Clinton in 2008, the country is screwed. Putting Democrats like Nancy Pelosi in front of the camera more will definitely help the Republicans in ’08.

It’s a crazy explanation for crazy politics. It’s all a Rovian plot, I tell you – but it’s a gamble that just might work, if true.

Well, it’s certainly more positive than the alternative explanations.