There’s a growing dread among Republicans that if not dealt with swiftly and soundly, the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens could do the same damage to the effort to stop Democrats from gaining total control of Congress that the GOP’s scandals of 2005 and 2006 did to the party’s majority.

And this time around, the fear extends to a presidential candidate already swimming against the tide.

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