The only rational explanation I can think of for this item is that they hope that saying something so preposterous will distract people from noticing how the entire web of lies and deceptions on Iraq is unraveling.

Yahoo! News - Campaign Shows Bush As Funding Underdog President Bush's campaign — expected to dwarf Democratic hopefuls by raising $200 million or more for the primaries, with no GOP rival — is appealing for donations by portraying Bush as a fund-raising underdog who won't have enough cash to defend himself against Democratic attacks.

Oh, and Marc Racicot does a pretty good job of inventing some tinfoil-hat positions for Howard Dean further down in the story. The GOP must really be getting worried. Why not help them out by looking over in the left column and clicking on the Dean link and donating a couple of bucks. Every little bit helps.