One of the last remaining moderate Republicans,  Senator Arlen Specter finally called it quits and joined the other party. One could hardly blame him. Facing a strong conservative challenger, he was likely to lose in the primary to a man far to his right, who then most likely would have been defeated in a Democratic-leaning [...]

Now that former Veep Dick Cheney has weighed in, the Republican campaign against Obama has begun in earnest. Less than two months in office, his cabinet no yet complete, if you listen to the Republicans, the Obama administration is already an abject failure. Fatboy loudmouth Rush Limbaugh has already made the GOP position pathetically clear: [...]