Though David Broder's column will probably get the lion's share of attention, Republicans should be far more worried by what Jeff Birnbaum writes in the Washington Post this morning:

Democrats' Stock Is Rising on K Street

Firms Anticipate A Shift in Power

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 17, 2006; Page A01

Washington lobbying firms, trade associations and corporate offices are moving to hire more well-connected Democrats in response to rising prospects that the opposition party will wrest control of at least one chamber of Congress from Republicans in the November elections.

K Street is like D.C.'s version of the stock market, where potential moves are analyzed, anticipated and "priced" into the system based on probability. A few Republicans in the Midwest giving doom and gloom quotes to David Broder is one thing, K Street gearing up for a Dem take over is quite another.