And? Why does "red meat" have to take the form that Cunningham used? Answer: it doesn't.
"Red meat" would much more profitably include something that's actually constructive like ... oh, I don't know ... maybe laying out the serious issues the country will face in the next few years, and why John McCain is the one to address them, rather than Obama or Hillary Clinton.
Campaigning on adult topics is maybe not as fun as name-calling and such ... but maybe it's the sort of thing conservatives might want to get back to doing.
What are the sins that Cunningham is supposed to have committed?
How many of them are illegal?
How many of them are untrue?
How many of them are not supportable?
Cunningham was set up by the Rovites. Sucker punch the conservative at every opportunity--throw RED MEAT to the left.
I'm wondering--keep asking the McKoolaid bunch--how goes the fundraising? Getting lots of donations from Joe Sixpack?