Republican pollster Frank Luntz, speaking in today's Washington Post:

"They honestly need a baseball bat against the head," said Republican pollster Frank Luntz..."I've given up on 2006. They've already made so many mistakes, there's no way they can fix it in two weeks."

Here's why this is interesting: Frank Luntz was the key pollster behind Newt Gingrich's contract with America, which helped the GOP takeover Congress in 1994.