Doom and Gloom in Bush's Grand Old Party

It's no fun being a Republican these days. After all, the GOP "brand" is badly tarnished—and the news is getting worse.

There's the long nightmare of a failed and incompetent president, the dark vision of Dick (Five Deferments) Cheney, and a host of scandals up and down the party line.

Here's the latest on a delicious GOP scandal in New York involving a Republican Congressman, his mistress and their "love child."

A top New York Republican acknowledges that most of the party's choices to replace scandal-plagued Rep. Fossella (R-NY) have already opted out of the race.