Full Triage Mode.

"Before I liberate the speaker so he doesn't have to stand up here for that long, Speaker, I want to say this to you...I am proud to be standing with the current speaker of the House who is going to be the future speaker of the House." Hmm...I wouldn't be so sure. As Dubya bequeaths a "heck of a job, Denny" upon an increasingly embattled Hastert, the GOP moneymen are nevertheless hedging their bets, and are pulling cash out of several races around the country to try to hold the (Maginot?) line in Ohio, Missouri, and Tennessee. The financial "jousting will continue into the final days, but what is clear at this point is that Democrats are playing very little defense in the House and the Senate."