From Kos: “I’ve been on record since May 2002 to the effect that Bush is unelectable. Of late, I’ve pegged the second week of August as National GOP Panic Week — the point when this realization starts to sink in. August 8-15 is Panic Week, and today is Hump Day.

At this writing, political sportsbooks had Bush at even money, but notable right-leaning pol-watchers made him a near write-off.”