Luntz despairs
Some conservatives said it is too late. “They honestly need a
baseball bat against the head,” said Republican pollster Frank Luntz,
who helped Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) take over Congress in the 1990s.
“Because if they don’t change the lexicon immediately, as bad as this
election is going to be, they’re going to lose the presidency in
2008. I’ve given up on 2006. They’ve already made so many mistakes,
there’s no way they can fix it in two weeks. But I’m worried now
they’re going to lose all the marbles.”