DC paper Roll Call (subscription only) brings us this great tidbit:

GOP staffers are aware of just how tough a job market it is out there, but an e-mail that circulated around the Hill last week seemed to strike new fears about their career prospects. Chuck Knapp, communications director for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), sent out a "farewell" e-mail common among job-switchers. In the message, he did the requisite thanking of colleagues and gushing over the job he was leaving. But it was a mention of Knapp's new gig that had GOP staffers worried: Knapp announced that he was pursuing an exciting new opportunity ... as the manager of the Holiday Inn Express in Andover, Kan.

"I knew times were tough for Republicans on the Hill but looks like things might be sinking to a whole new level if these are the only options we have left," said one GOP Congressional staffer.

Knapp isn't just a young, straight out of college political staffer. He's worked for Todd for seven years and been a political staffer for 17. Job prospects must be looking pretty bleak for right-wing staffers.