Going wingnut

Republicans have real opportunities in the 2010 mid-term elections, but they are determined to go even harder right. Charlie Crist isn't wingnut enough, so they'll give Democrats a better chance to win a Senate seat in Florida. Maybe they want us to have to deal with another conservadem.

You can usually tell when the party out of power really, really wants back into power. They move to the middle. Today's insane Republican Party clearly hungers for power, but they are unwilling to compromise at all.

That unwillingness to compromise is dangerous for any democracy.

Tallahansing Michirida

The campaigns shouldn't have to pay to repair the knowing mischief of Florida and Michigan, but they probably have to to make this nettle go away. You know that Republican Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida would never offer the slightest effort to fix any problem that Democrats have. Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm in Michigan? Maybe.

Even if the campaigns do effectively pay the $30 million cost of this fiasco, they should set up separate funds that don't affect their further fund-raising ability (assuming there's a legal way, probably via the DNC).

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