Like Rats Off A Sinking Ship

Republican pollster Jan van Lohuizen, in a memo written for RNC chairman Ken Mehlman, warns that if members of Congress try to drive a wedge between themselves and President Bu$h, it'd be akin to adding weight to an anchor.

Here’s my favorite part from the memo:

The President is seen universally as the face of the Republican Party. We are now brand W. Republicans.

All GOPers are 'W Brand Republicans' whether they like it or not....it has a nice ring to it...And van Louhizen, who has polled (often secretly) for the Bu$h White House under the RNC aegis for years, is obviously worried about low turnout among the other problems facing those who hitched thier stars to the burned