Have you seen the TV ad in North Carolina, placed by the Republican National Committee, asserting that the Democratic candidate for the Senate seat held by Elizabeth Dole is Godless?

The woman, NC state senator Kay Hagan, is a long-time Sunday school teacher and an elder in her Presbyterian church.

An unnamed member of the North Carolina GOP was quoted as saying, "We've got to do whatever we have to to prevent the Democrats from winning and getting 60 seats in the Senate."

This is disgusting. Why would anyone run for office if this is the way their character is going to be assassinated for purely political purposes?