re: #123 Targetpractice

We’re heard this bit time and again, the “vote for the sane candidates” idea of how to reform the GOP. And almost every time this is attempted, the “sane” candidate turns out to either be a closet loony or afraid to stand up to the loonies for fear that they’ll be primaried for not being sufficiently pure in the eyes of their increasingly loony base. See also: Mark Kirk.

Arlen Spector is also an example. When he ran for Senate the last time as a Republican, he told the people of PA that he would resist ultra conservative judicial nominees. By the time the new Congress began (and he was the newly minted Judiciary Committee chairman), he had promised to give all nominees at least a fair shot.