Heads up, guys!!!

There's this guy, Carl Forti, who used to work for the NRCC, then for Romney, and just got hired by this group Freedom's Watch, which purports to be some kind of rightwing respone to MoveOn. As if.

He's a slimy character. With him, here's what the NRCC did:

One advertisement accused the rival candidate of billing taxpayers for a call to a phone-sex line. One alleged that a candidate "fixed" his daughter's speeding tickets. Still others stated that a candidate endorsed a "coffee talk with the Taliban," and that another was supported by the Communist Party.

Oh, and they also did this:

...an apparent coordinated effort from the NRCC -- the House GOP committee -- to place calls that appear to be from the local Democratic candidate and then automatically call the same number back as many as seven or eight times each time the caller hang-ups. If the caller listens to the whole message it goes on to bash the Democratic candidate. But if the caller hangs up prematurely, the computer calls right back.

Apparently Freedom's Watch has been lamely limping along and their Board is all psyched on getting someone who'll bring the grimy. Think Swift Boat Veterans-style, "doesn't matter if it's true as long as it dominates the narrative," with a healthy dash of seedy whisper campaigning. I'm not saying it's just because of Forti - surely they're all mad.

But they will bring the grimy, the ugly, the evil, and if the public can get out in front of it, be on the alert, that will weaken its impact. I hope Keith will get a jump on this one.