Mitch McConnell, leader of a Republican minority that is now even smaller, suggested Tuesday that Sen. Arlen Specter's defection endangered not just the party, but the entire country.
"I think the threat to the country presented by this defection really relates to the issue of whether or not in the United States of America our people want the majority to have whatever it wants without restraint, without a check or a balance," McConnell said Tuesday.
"I mean, look at what an unforgivably crappy job the Republicans did from 2001 to 2009," he continued. "We really stunk up the whole country. Whether it was turning the whole world against us or our inability to truck drinkable water into New Orleans, we were just the worst. Honestly, we sucked."
He then trailed off and eventually wandered away.
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I didn't notice McConnell complaining when the GOP controlled both Houses.
On another point, Chris Mathews really tore Specter a new one over the switch, saying he was just an unprincipled opportunist who was switching just to save his seat. Well, duh. But it's not as if Specter is switching from being a conservative to being a liberal. The fact is, his positions are much more like a moderate/conservative Democrat than they are a Republican. He can't win the GOP primary because the base is so right-wing; why shouldn't he switch?
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