Republicans are becoming unglued?

[kentuck]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051402450.html

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Future historians tracing the crackup of the Republican Party may well look to May 8, 2010, as an inflection point.

That was the day, as is now well known, that Sen. Robert Bennett, who took the conservative position 84 percent of the time over his career, was deemed not conservative enough by fellow Utah Republicans and booted out of the primary.

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In the Alabama gubernatorial race, a conservative attack ad charged that a Republican gubernatorial candidate "recently said the Bible is only partially true." The outraged candidate reaffirmed his "belief that this world and everything in it is a masterpiece created by the hands of God."

In Utah, just a couple of days after Bennett's fall, conservative Rep. Jason Chaffetz talked about trying to topple none other than Sen. Orrin Hatch (89 percent lifetime conservative rating) in 2012.

In Arizona, Sen. John McCain, who once said a fence is the "least effective" way to secure the border, continued his fight against a conservative primary challenge by releasing an ad demanding, "Complete the danged fence."

Democrats are having purity putsches, too, in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Colorado. But these are mild compared with the sort of uprising Republicans are experiencing in places such as Maine, tranquil land of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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[elocs]

1. When was it that they were "glued"? n/t

[MODem75]

2. The farther right they move the fewer independents they will attract.

They can forget about a victory this fall.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Pssst...

'fewer' Independents.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Yes. They've gone seriously off-bubble. They have no legitimate leader. nt

[theoldman]

5. I thought Palin was their leader. LOL

[tsuki]

6. How about Rupert Roo, and his trusty sidekick, Glen Beck? nt