With the National Republican Congressional Committee all but broke — at the end of October, the organization had a net debt of $1 million — the fact that they're dropping cash for this new ad in the special election for Ohio's strongly conservative Fifth District indicates they're clearly worried about an upset:

Kos adds: "What's particularly hilarious is that the 'problems' the ad declares Americans face are all problems created by the Bush administration and the Bush Republicans who have run Congress most of the last eight years."