Enthusiasm alone doesn't win elections. Facilitating a nationwide electoral wave requires infrastructure. Infrastructure that Michael Steele may already be costing Republicans.

The National Republican Trust, which conflated the radical jihadists of al-Qaeda with mainstream Islam in a TV ad, donated $96,192 to Scott Brown's 2010 Senate campaign.

Sarah Palin's right that "English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too." And that's something to be afraid of -- because she's contributing far more to the trough of public consciousness than just a few verbal miscues.

At a recent fundraiser and again during an interview with Talking Points , Phyllis Schlafly sent Democratic activists hurtling toward their moral indignation machines™.