GOP Right Strengthen Democrats

Specter to Switch Parties; Democrats Get Filibuster-Proof Majority
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/specter-to-switch-parties.html?hpid=topnews

The PA Conservatives were targeting him, so to survive, Specter will switch parties. This means that the Democrats can now pass anything they like, with no check, for the next two years.

This has happened before. Every time the very conservative wing of the party helps defeat or drive out a RINO, they don't strengthen the GOP, they strengthen the Democrats.

It happened when the GOP right ganged up on liberal Senator Ed Brooke in Massachusetts. The result was Paul Tsongas, followed by John Kerry. This was an improvement over Brooke?

The Republicans lost control of the senate when the conservatives drove out Jim Jeffords of Vermont.

We will eventually make the party so pure that we win no elections. For those Republicans saying "good riddance," it's going to be an interesting two years.