The Way of Things:

With less than a week to go until the midterm elections, the following is of obvious interest:

“We have certainly advised candidates to not appear that they are marching in lock step with the administration in terms of how the Iraq war is being conducted,” a senior Republican Party Senate strategist said, insisting on anonymity in exchange for disclosing political advice being given to candidates. “If you aren’t speaking out against the way that this war has been conducted, you are dead in the water.” (The New York Times - ADAM NAGOURNEY and JIM RUTENBERG 11-1-06)

Custer has been surrounded, and the reserves are being advised not to join the battle. You'd think Charlie Rose would be advising all of us to go to our local video stores and rent Little Big Man. History, it seems, has never repeated itself so accurately. (Iraq=Little Big Horn, George W.=George A.)