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Yep, me too. After lunch, I sat in my car for about twenty extra minutes listening. DeLay's comments about the size and strength of the Democrat machine are worrisome.

I thought this was interesting:

There's just a lot of things that we did that were accomplished and thank goodness that we did. But your e-mailer is absolutely right, and I have to take some responsibility for this. We sucked at communication. It was our biggest weakness. We just could not get it together. Thank God that we had you and others that at least understood what was going on and were talking about it. But yes, we needed a national communications strategy. We needed to put our brightest and most articulate people out front, and we needed to tell our story over and over again and stand up to the national media...

Delay is confirming big time what we all know, which is that we're getting killed in the communication department. It's just incredible how we're failing to attend to something so vital. I heard an interview with Douglas Feith the other day and he was saying the same thing. He was totally baffled by the utter ineptitude and passivity on the PR front. Said it was the thing that puzzled him the most about this administration.

One other thought -- as I was listening to DeLay, it occurred to me who is going to win the Republican primary. Not the exact person per se, but the type of person. It's going to be the guy who seems like he'll do the best job of FIGHTING BACK. Conservatives want a conservative, of course, but right now what they crave is a fighter. I know I do. We're sick of this "new tone" crap and want someone who will stand up for a change. I think this bodes well for your Guilliani and maybe your Thompson types -- guys who seem authentically tough -- and poorly for your polished Mitt Romney types.

I think we'd all agree that this interview got us pretty nervous. I hope and pray that someone at the WH, at least Tony S., heard Tom's message. Communication is key. After '06, Rummy, Libby, AG, and now this Plame fiasco, I am ready to scream.

I love W, and have fought for him for 6 years. But come on, he's got to take command here. He finds himself in a position where even his own base is tired of being kicked in the gut every day. How is the RNC even raising any money these days, most of us don't send a dime.

Which brings me to Rush's conclusion, and that of this interview, that we are hungry for a leader, a fighter. And why if Rudy or Fred or someone comes forward and shows this strength, we will have our candidate and the WH.