The DLC tells its folks to start eating at Applebees. Seriously.

Meanwhile, conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt (and the only man to completely call this election, from start to finish) tells other conservatives to shut-up with regard to the Arlen Specter bashing.

Both Hewitt and I think the Anti-Specter talk is petty and silly and represents the continued Dixification of the party.

Did the GOP not notice (and thank their lucky stars) this week that Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee said he'd stay a Republican? The GOP establishment caught a HUGE break there. They have to stop fighting and talking like they're still the minority party. The GOP has to wise up and accept a diverse (intellectually speaking) party. Because let me tell them something, even though my massive post below shows that Republicans are respectable in "Blue States," it's only going to get harder for the moderate wing of the party to reach office. Guys like Schwarzengger and Mitt Romney may soon become isolated instances, rather than stepping stones to continued diversification.