This article says it all about the state of the Republican party's chances in November.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26376

My favorite quote:

<blockquote>

The Republican brand has been so badly damaged that if Republicans
try to run an anti-Obama, anti- Reverend Wright, or (if Senator Clinton
wins), anti-Clinton campaign, they are simply going to fail.

This model has already been tested with disastrous results.

In
2006, there were six incumbent Republican Senators who had plenty of
money, the advantage of incumbency, and traditionally successful
consultants.

But the voters in all six states had adopted a
simple position: "Not you." No matter what the GOP Senators attacked
their opponents with, the voters shrugged off the attacks and returned
to, "Not you."

The danger for House and Senate Republicans in 2008 is that the voters will say, "Not the Republicans."</blockquote>

Poor Newt - I think his pleas are going to fall on deaf ears, and McCain will be a serious liability to them this fall. Wonderful news!