It makes me wonder if there is secret polling that has horrible news for the rat party. Of course, it would not be the first time that polling negative to them would be hidden.
No one wants to bare his throat for a futile political objective that has little chance of succeeding. That is why the Syria fiasco is so damaging--it tells 'rat incumbents that they have nothing to gain and a lot to lose by hooking up with the pathetic, aimless wreckage of "hope and change."