My first visit to KKKarl’s place, I’ll need steel wool for what will turn out to be a very long, exceedingly hot shower..

Amazingly, three of Rove’s red states are only up single digits: McCain leads in Georgia and Arizona by eight points, in Arkansas by nine. Texas shows only a ten-point McCain lead. Mississippi shows an eleven-point McCain lead.

These leads can be overcome: they are populated by voters who “like a winner.” Once McCain is perceived as a big LOSER, voters in these states with values forged in athletics and combat will peel away from the GOP ticket.

This can be the week that McCain starts being seen as a big LOSER.