Washington runs on hype. We live amid an almost daily onslaught of defining moments, game changers and never-before-in-human-history blather. No one has ever been banned from cable TV talk shows for overreacting to political stimuli. Skeptics are often right in the end, but, boy, are they treated like tedious killjoys along the way. Thats why its tempting to play contrarian, as everyone in politics aside from tea party true believers is agog over polls showing support for the Republicans melting like a snowman in the Sahara. http://news.yahoo.com/why-republicans-should-be-very--very-afraid-192943188.html But they seem to be dropping to new lows daily. The R's are probably upset the t party hitched their wagon to them.