The GOP's Downsized Expectations, Cusack's 'War'

According to The Washington Post, John Ensign, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, believes that "the best-case scenario for his party in the fall election would be a three-seat loss. 'It would be a great night if we lost three seats,' Ensign said, adding that winning back the majority in this election cycle would be 'fairly miraculous' ... To that end, Ensign's stated goal is to hold 45 seats after this election." (I guess it's time for their right-wing Christian base to start praying.)

Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post got a sneak preview of John Cusack's new anti-war film, War, Inc. and she calls it "a corrosive, audaciously funny takedown... The satire-challenged Right has tried to attack Cusack and War, Inc. as (all together now) unpatriotic and a slam on American troops. They've also gotten their knickers in a twist, outraged that someone would try to find humor in the death and suffering of U.S. soldiers. But Cusack's targets are not our troops but private military contractors, war profiteers, and flag-waving politicians." War, Inc. deals with the business end of the Iraq War, as practiced by Blackwater, Halliburton, and Bechtel. (Save us some popcorn.)