As sad as that sounds .. you are 100% correct
Can you imagine if it was George W. Bush who made the statement Daschle did concerning Toricelli? Daschle outright lied about the Ethics Committee's findings on the Toricelli violations of the law and Senate rules. Yet Daschle gets a pass. We are not dealing with a level playiong field, and that's why we cannot rely on our great President's popularity. We have to take the fight to the RATS and be relentless until they are out of power.
The public usually recognizes warrentless persoanl attacks and voice their dislike at the voting booths. I feel this Novemeber will make the 1994 Republican landslide in the House of Represenatives look like a slow moving cold front :-)