… or your definition of “imbecile”. But hey, why not ask John Cornyn if he thinks if it is all just crazy talk? If the Club for Growth led purge continues unabated the Democratic Senate caucus might just manage to swell to the nearly unthinkable 67. The Democracts already hold the majority of Rep seats in 2/3s of the states (33 to 16, 1 tie). At the point of a 2/3’s majority in the Senate they may start [i]unilaterally changing the rules of the Senate[/i].

Then who’ll you call imbecilic?

The downside of this plan is that the number of imbeciles was underestimated .. speaks volumes about the state of education.

Meanwhile, Arlen Specter has shown that his “imbecile” status is well deserved.

Minority Whip John Thune (R) does not seem to think so.

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/05/thune-gay-and-lesbian-jurists-need-not-apply.php

A bridge too far? or crazy bigoted bullsh!t?

That is simply not true. I’m a pro-choice Democrat, but I’m willing to outlaw almost all 3d trimester abortion. And I’d like to minimize unwanted pregnancies, which would cut the number of abortions.

You want it handled at the state level? Really? You want gay marriage, assisted suicide and marijuana legalization decided the same way? Maybe we’d have a compromise there.

This is also why dictatorships often out-negotiate democracies. The dictator has no internal pressure to compromise, and often powerful incentives not to, while the democracy and its leaders really want “a deal” to make the problem “go away”.

The funny thing is that much of this talk of “there’s no room for moderates in the GOP” comes from the Specter flap. Specter is neither a moderate or a pragmatist, he is an opportunist. He voted for the stimulus because he thought it would work out for him, but couldn’t even answer basic questions about the bill when pressed. Now that the vote has caused him trouble in his primary (and what’s wrong with that, if the Republicans in PA don’t want his representation any more? Why do we have elections, then?) he switches parties for no other reason than he wants to get re-elected.