Bob Franken

To my knowledge, this memo has not been sent, but it should:

From: Top Republican Officials

To: Party 2014 Candidates

People:

Don’t do or say anything stupid. That is all.

And from the same guy, a note to the GOP members of the House and Senate seeking re-election: A “do-nothing Congress” is a good thing.

Or as one of them, Rep. Charlie Dent, told The New York Times: “It’s pretty clear to me in the House, we don’t want to make ourselves the issue.”

Unless they make themselves the issue by going crazy doing something like forcing the nation into humiliating default when the government’s borrowi...