What Passes For News At The Washington Post

Today, we're treated to this story (news? analysis?--it really isn't clear, at least in the online additions) in which our intrepid reporter (under the subheadline "It's a Grand Old Purging...") recounts the inside story of Dede Scozzafava's withdrawl from NY 23.

It really is part of the narrative that Ms. Scozzafava--who "fava's" 1) card check 2) gay marriage 3) the stimulus 4) Obamacare and 5) is married to a union organizer--was a "moderate" Republican. This is hogwash--the woman was a liberal, pure and simple. There is little or nothing but political opportunism in her choice of the Republican Party--as the district had previously been solidly Republican for decades.

Party Purges on the Left

Lots of kvetching in the media these days about evil, horrible conservatives trying to boil out nice, reasonable moderates from the Republican Party. Seems that the strategy is also at work on the left, as Moveon.org looks to fund primary challengers to any Democrat who opposes healthcare legislation.