While the Democrats let their top management position sit vacant, the Republican party is bringing in staff left and right... OK, well, right and right.

No one is going to say that the disarray at Dem HQ since Jim Farrell flew the coop proves their party is collapsing. They still hold a lot of the high cards in the current political deck.

But the clear evidence of activity on the GOP side, balanced against the lack of an ED on the left, is pretty good evidence that new Chairman Erik Iverson has his hand firmly on the tiller of the ship.

On one side of the aisle: confident leadership executing a plan to return to the top of the game. On the other side? Hard to say, but the Farrell situation hints at the possibility of growing fat, dumb and happy.