The clock is running out for Republicans hoping to keep control of Congress. Coaches and jocks step up to the plate with advice on what to do when it's fourth and long in the bottom of the ninth -- with the other team set to retake your House.
My advice to the Republicans is: Let it go. Let it go and wait for tomorrow. Sometimes you're down by 20 with three minutes left, you don't play hard anymore. You just finish up and wait for tomorrow. Tell them to concentrate on 2008, but not too hard.
Did I tell you I'm a Democrat?
-- Dikembe Mutombo , former Georgetown Hoya center, now with the NBA's Houston Rockets