"how come the beltway jackasses never mention that?"
because the beltway jackasses are as partisan as they come, more than willing to interpret things as they see fit, or completely ignore them so that they don't have to think outside of the talking points box.
(disgusting creatures all....every time one of them speaks i see worker's caps with red stars)
I think the republican insiders who are totally afraid of the beltway culture shifting away from the country club.
This is the same as the state department negotiators who were angry that their permanent jobs negotiating with the USSR were gone after Reagan trupmped Gorbachev in iceland.
There are elites who WANT republicans to loose in order to keep Rove's win stategies out of the country club poltics. They don't want to win, they just want power.