Kentucky: Republican Party

The extreme right-wing teabagger faction of the Republican Party just took down a moderate Republican in New York tonight, handing a Democrat their first win.... well, ever in the NY-23rd.
Josh Marshall wonders if Charlie Crist will be the the next candidate to feel the wrath of irrational teabaggers who will allow the Republican Party to slip even further into irrelevance. Possibly, but I still doubt it's likely.
The most likely major candidate to next feel the wrath of the teabagger brigade? Trey Grayson.
Which, of course, means that the Democratic Party picks up yet another seat in the US Senate.
The only thing I can tell you for sure is that there is NO OTHER STATE in the country that will have the political fireworks that Kentucky will have over the next 6 months. Of that, there is no doubt, kiddies.

The public option.
Poll respondents are evenly divided when asked whether they have confidence in Obama to make the right decisions for the country’s future, but just 19 percent express confidence in the Republicans in Congress to do so. Even among Republicans, only 40 percent express confidence in the GOP congressional leadership to make good choices.

Only 20 percent of adults identify themselves as Republicans, little changed in recent months, but still the lowest single number in Post-ABC polls since 1983.
And we don't care at all about "bipartisanship", if we can get it.
Faced with a basic strategic choice that soon may confront the administration and Democratic congressional leaders, a slim majority of Americans, 51 percent, would prefer a reform plan that included some form of government insurance for people who cannot get affordable private coverage even if it had no GOP support in Congress.

In between the Birthers going mainstream, Sarah Palin speaking in beat poetry, and Senator Beanball finally deciding to call in a reliever, overlooked was an unsuccessful effort by the NRA that's rather mind-blowing: John Thune wanted to force every state in the country to recognize the gun laws of Texas and Alaska.

Seriously... the same Republican Party that screams Socialism! and Tyranny! at the first sign of the federal government... you know... existing, had one of its bright young stars introduce a bill designed to overturn state laws.

Now why would they do that? Oh, right...

When this amendment went down, it was the first time in five years that the NRA didn’t get what it wanted.

If by young, you mean 38. And if by Republican, you mean batshit crazy racist.
Audra Shay, 38, has won the post of chairman of the Young Republicans -- despite accusations that she endorsed racism on Facebook.

Shay's candidacy, supported by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, hit a snag in recent weeks when she responded to a comment made by a friend on Facebook saying "need to take this country back from all of these mad coons" with "You tell em Eric! lol." Other Young Republicans chimed in, saying the comment was racist and questioning Shay's response. Shay issued a statement saying she "was not aware of the racial comments until sometime later" and was only responding to her friend's other remarks.