"The big problem for the GOP leadership is that they've lost their credibility. "

And they still don't understand it. This was clear a year ago when we talked to then-GOP chair Ken Mehlman, and it's much, much truer now. As a reader emails: "No credibility to fall back on. No reserve of good will to fall back on. No record to fall back on. No successes to fall back on."

And as Dan Riehl said earlier this week, Republicans were given a wakeup call with the 2006 elections, and they opted to hit snooze.

Via Instapundit.

With nothing to fall back on, perhaps they should consider falling forward.

As in, "on their swords."