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Liberal Classic4/29/2009 11:00:50 am PDT

I followed a link from marklevinshow.com to this article:

Two Republicans blame conservatives
politico.com

Two leading Republicans say Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision to become a Democrat highlights the hostility moderates feel from an increasingly conservative GOP.

Specter switched parties Tuesday after a recent poll showed him badly losing a Pennsylvania Republican primary next year to Club for Growth founder Pat Toomey. Toomey’s staunchly fiscally conservative political action committee backs only those Republicans who support a low-tax, limited-government agenda and comes down hard on those who break with party orthodoxy.

“I don’t want to be a member of the Club for Growth,” said Graham. “I want to be a member of a vibrant national Republican party that can attract people from all corners of the country — and we can govern the country from a center-right perspective.”

I’m not familiar with The Politico so I don’t know their slant, but I am looking for comments on the article.

The question on several counts. For one thing, is a “low-tax limited-government agenda” really Republican party “orthodoxy”?

Conspicuous by its absence is any mention of “family values” or “traditional morality” conservatives.

Are the fiscal conservatives really running the social conservatives out of the party?

Is the Club for Growth to blame for Specter leaving the GOP, or is Specter leaving the GOP because polls show he would lose a primary election to a Club for Growth candidate?