"(and I hope they don't make Dubya and the RNC over-confident)"
Only the RATS have turned the funeral into a political problem.
IMHO I don't think it will make Pres. Bush & co. over confident. But I think the effect it will have is to get the Republican voters off their couch to go vote in numbers they haven't since Reagan was in office.
Chris Wallace doesn't get it. He seems amazed at the continued popularity of President Reagan. He's been in a vaccum if he doesn't realize that since his last day in office Republicans have NEVER stopped singing the praises of or showing admiration for Pres. Ronald Reagan.