A potential early sign of the schism between the generally "moderate," generally business-inclined conservatives that provide most of the money that runs the Republican party and the religious fanatics that make up the party's other core constituency.
The fanatics are trying to block the Judiciary Committee chairmanship of Senator Arlen Specter, because he dared speculate that the Republicans might run into trouble if they nominated candidates to the Supreme Court that were likely to outlaw abortion in the US.
In Senator Specter's primary race this year, his rival from the wacko-fanatic camp called him a "Ted Kennedy liberal." (!!!) To compare Senator Specter, a pro-business tax hawk who has advocated abolishing the progressive income tax, with Ted Kennedy just makes it obvious how out of touch with reality the wacko camp really is. I think this means storm clouds on the horizon for the Republicans.
I'll write about the far-right's interesting relationship with objective reality in a minute.
Posted by case at November 6, 2004 12:34 PM