As the Democratic leadership replaces the party symbol of the donkey with the new symbol of the white flag, and diverges even further from the values of the blue-collar, hard-working, freedom-loving base that they once knew, the Republicans seem finally willing to call a spade a spade.

If you haven’t seen the RNC’s video, “Retreat and Defeat,” go check it out here.

Captain Ed opines:

The irony for the Democrats is that they have relied so heavily on making George Bush the focus of their electoral strategy that literally any good news from Iraq now completely discredits them. That’s why people like Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi have ratcheted up the hysteria in the last several weeks approaching the next election; if successful, it demonstrates that they had sold out the US for their own petty electoral interests. They need a failure in Iraq, thanks to the stupidity of their strategy through two electoral cycles. Instead of taking Joe Lieberman’s advice in 2004 and accepting the Iraq War as a bipartisan effort, so that they could focus the election on domestic issues, the Democrats took up the International ANSWER banner and argued for the most radical positions available.

Now they want to bug out just before the Iraqis make it impossible for them to declare defeat any more, the last tactic open that will ensure a failure that they can then hang onto Bush. A few prominent Democrats have started to balk at this, notably Lieberman himself, Steny Hoyer, and even Hillary Clinton to a smaller degree. They understand that the Democrats have just launched themselves off the cliff, and the GOP is about to ensure that they can’t reach back for a parachute for an easy landing.

Michelle Malkin has a photo she thinks needs to be disseminated.

This Myopic Zeal exclusive photo says it all: