Is the RNC going to respond this time???
No, the RNC and Bush Cheney 04 will not reply to this based on their miserable track record. It's already too late, they should have done that last night after NBC came out.
Give credit to the old Clinton people that are now running the Kerry campaign. Their war room is ready to respond and take advantage knowing that the Republicans will still be thinking about a response, if any, while the world has moved on to other things. Most voters will only remember the original NY Times claim and the lying Kerry ad. Rove is probably producing an ad on the increase in salmon spawning in the Northwest under the Bush administration.
I believe that they're thinking about it. Probably sometime next week would be my guess.