They know they have horrible problems and they came up with the least risky move they could make.

By almost every relevant measurement, national polls indicate that Republicans are at least as bad off as Democrats were at this point in 1994, before suffering devastating midterm losses.

Defying genre conventions is instantly a risky move.

We really can't take it too seriously because we don't know who he is. We have not seen any problems at all from Mr. Family.

It still hasn't been horrible. We should be okay, only two hours left 'til the eye and then we're going to be in the clear.

The issue has been dealt with and we now move on.