What sounds like the latest title of a Nancy Drew mystery novel and eerily resembles every Scooby Doo episode you ever saw?   It's Josh Marshall's ruminating on the 'mystery' of the overwhelming Republican defeat in the last two election cycles.  It would appear he's particularly interested in why, at least some of them, didn't break camp with Team Bush after witnessing the results of 2006 with their own lying eyes.

I vote for serious self delusion as an answer to the mystery.  There's nothing really creepy about the 'spooky' mansions on Scooby if you already know it's gonna end with some pissed off janitor who gets his revenge by scaring local teenagers.  You and I still enjoy watching Scooby Doo, even though we are in on the joke and know it's just TV.

What's TV got to do with it?  Well, those loser Republicans Josh wonders about are watching Jack Bauer on 24,  examining each week's episode and discussing it's implications on foreign policy decisions, and those aren't even the ones considered seriously crazy.

Enjoy.