It must be contagious.  News coming from the White House, has them doing the same thing.  They're talking about an advertising campaign to discredit the Tea Partiers as radicals.  Then they could have the DOJ start arresting them.   If they hurry it up, they could save the day for themselves on election day.  Since they can't expect to win legally, why not resort to typcial liberal dirty tricks or Chicago style politics.