I was expecting a civil war, and the Rockefeller Republicans splitting from the religious extremists and the black helicopter types.  The only question in my mind is who gets to keep the Republican name.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

BTW, how sincere was Boehner?  Did he cry?  

A conservative leader Friday laid the Republican Party's poor showing at the polls at the feet of moderates who, he argues, led the party away from its core principles.

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council told CNN that conservatives need to take back control of the GOP if the party is to return to its winning ways.

"Moderates never beat conservatives. We've seen that in past elections," he said.

Rejecting suggestions that the conservative movement was viewed as being out of touch with the electorate, Perkins says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics.
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"There was clearly no mandate to shift the country to the left on social issues," Perkins said. "What Tuesday was, was a fact that people wanted change, and it's a rejection of a moderate view."

Yes, Tony!  Damn straight!  If the Republicans would just double down on that culture war thing and keep pushing for the fundie version of Sharia Law, then all those disaffected and disgruntled Republicans will come streaming back in droves.  Because it's not about the economy or jobs or our kids futures.  It's all about that goddamn homo agenda, abortion and banning contraception.

Keep it up Tony!  You'll eventually learn to love living in the political wilderness.  And remember, make sure to keep your Swiss Army Knife handy.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com.