responses to Orcinus
The responses are quite interesting, also it gives some good blog links.
David reluctantly concludes that they either implicitly endorse the increasingly blatant eliminationist rhetoric and strongarm tactics or they don't give a damn. But I actually think it's something else. I think they are actually more afraid of these jack-booted bullies than we are. They are, as Hesiod once memorably said, "battered GOP moderates." Like an abused spouse they know that nothing pisses off the Lord of the Manor more than lip from his own family. ... It isn't easy being a liberal Democrat in this political landscape. But, it's even harder being a Republican rebel.