It is a sign of two things -- the lack of a substantive platform and the desire to win at any cost. The Democrats have decided that if they cannot win on substance, they can just dig up dirt -- real or imagined -- on their opponents.

In the wake of the Mark Foley page scandal, Democrats are targeting the personal lives of Republicans in numerous key House races as part of a campaign to capitalize on voter disgust with the messy personal lives and alleged character defects among elected officials.

Although Democrats' internal polling shows that the Foley scandal is resonating deeply only in half a dozen races, party operatives are calculating that GOP candidates are now unusually vulnerable to personal attacks, several candidates and strategists said.

Opponents are questioning how one candidate tried to pick up women in a bar. Another wants to raise allegations of violence against a fomer girlfriend that were investigated by the police and found lacking. Still another wants to focus on a three-decade-old DUI and a car accident years later. None of the charges are particularly relevant to the race in which they are being raised, but instead show a desperation and a desire to sink into the mud as a strategy for victory.

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