Great. Just great:

Sen. Mel Martinez, who will become the new general chairman of the Republican Party after it lost control of Congress, said on Tuesday he would not be an “attack dog” in the 2008 White House race.

…”One of the things that I made clear as I discussed this job role with the president is I was not going to be an attack dog, and I don’t intend to, and I wasn’t asked to be one,” he told reporters at the White House.

Okay, we get it. You won’t be an “attack dog.” You’ll be a roll over-and-fetch dog. Just what we need going up against Howard Dean.

Barf!