If Democrats don't find some way to blow it, this is not only a divorce, but the probable end of the Republican Party for years to come.
As more shocking revelations emerge, and they will, because there is more, much more, between now and November, the downfall of Republican power will become inevitable.
Conservative Marriage on the Rocks? TPMCafe: "By Elizabeth Warren bio
Allan Carlson gets it. In the current Weekly Standard, he asks if the marriage between social conservatives and the GOP can be saved. His case in point: the bankruptcy bill. Dr. Carlson makes the point that when Republicans had to make the choice between their big business allies and the millions of hard-working families who put them in office, the politicians enthusiastically chose the financial services giants over the families. And he's pretty hot about it.
Dr. Carlson frames the issue in terms of party politics, a rip at the center of the Republican alliance between big business and small families. But the central point is even larger: Whether politicians represent corporate interests or family interests is a national question, pervading both Democratic and Republican politics. "
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