...For the stakes in the battle for Tennessee's Senate seat...considered a lock for the Republicans - have suddenly grown exceedingly high...The ad, procured by the Republican National Committee, was so ludicrously...panting, hand-beneath-the-raincoat Republicans muttering about sex in ads...incidents like Trent Lott's hymn of praise in 2002 for...the deadly ghosts that the Republican Party has been dancing with...