[pgkdan]

Rush then ripped into the GOP, saying: "It's time for the Republicans to fight back. This is getting absurd. This constantly being on the defense or waiting for the next shoe to drop [has to stop]" he said.

I agree but I have no hope that the GOP even knows how to fight. Hastert is not a street fighter. It's going to be up to us...the rank and file base to get energized and build some enthusiasm for the GOP.

[Captain Kirk]

Street fighter? Perhaps not. Hastert and other big government Republicans, like Bush, are at their best when they picking taxpapyers pockets the "legal" way.