Olympia Snowe on Face the Nation

Rudy Giuliani Plays Hardball

Charlie Crist at the Democratic National Convention

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Face the Nation Roundtable: Tradition of Compromise "Dying," Hurting Country

Sen. Olympia Snowe on Morning Joe

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National Press Club: Rudy Giuliani Discusses Possible 2012 Presidential Run

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Bachmann-Huntsman 2012?

Poll Watch: Magellan Strategies (R) Massachusetts Republican Survey on RomneyCare

Magellan Strategies (R) Massachusetts GOP Survey on RomneyCare

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the Massachusetts Health Care Plan that was enacted by Governor Mitt Romney and the Massachusetts Legislature in 2006?

• Very Favorable 15%
• Somewhat Favorable 15%
• Somewhat Unfavorable 17%
• Very Unfavorable 34%

• Total Favorable 30%
• Total Unfavorable 51%

Do you think the state of Massachusetts should keep the Health Care Plan or repeal it and replace it with something else?

• Repeal Health Care Plan and replace it 53%
• Keep Health Care Plan 29%

Do you think the Massachusetts Health Care Plan will help Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, hurt Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, or will it not make much of a difference at all?

• Help Romney's campaign 13%
• Hurt Romney's campaign 42%
• Not make much difference 43%

How would you describe Mitt Romney's time as Governor of Massachusetts? Would you say he was a "Tea Party conservative" seeking drastic changes to reduce the size of government, or as an "Establishment Republican" willing to compromise with Democrats and maintain the status quo, or a "Moderate or Liberal Republican" who is economically conservative, but liberal on social issues like abortion and gay rights?

• Establishment Republican 40%
• Moderate or Liberal Republican 37%
• Tea Party Conservative 13%

Survey of 740 likely 2012 Massachusetts Republican Presidential primary voters was conducted April 25-26, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.6 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 55% Republican; 45% Independent.

Charlie Crist for Senate TV Ad: "Crossroads"

Palin Warns Republicans: Adhere to Purist Tea Party Agenda or 'GOP is Through'

CNN is reporting:

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin had a message for the GOP Monday – "man up" and support the Tea Party.

"The bigwigs in the machine they're driving me crazy because they're too chicken to support the Tea Party candidates," Palin said at a Tea Party kick-off rally in Nevada. "The ideas of the Tea Party movement are the American ideals that will put us back to work."

Palin told the crowd they need to support Tea Party candidates for the good of America's future.

"We don't work for you anymore, Mr. Reid enjoy your retirement. We don't work for you anymore Nancy Pelosi, you're fired," Palin said. "And Mr. Obama and your czars you're next because now we can see 2012 from our house."

Rush: The Senate is Full of Moderate Republicans

Huh?

And Scott Brown going on and on and on, "There's no more room for moderates." Mr. Brown, let me tell you something. Look around you in the Senate. You are surrounded by moderate Republicans, Mr. Brown. You're surrounded by 'em. Not only where you live but in the Senate, surrounded by 'em. You got moderate Republicans in Maine. After this election you're still going to be surrounded by moderate Republicans in the Senate. What are you talking about? No more room for moderate Republicans in the Senate? The question is whether there is room for Reagan conservatives anymore in the Republican Party. That's the question. That's what this is all about. These guys are whining and moaning already, "Oh, my God, (crying) may not be any room for moderates." For crying out loud, we're surrounded by 'em in the US Senate. By the way, Mr. Brown, with all due respect, if it weren't for conservatives and Tea Party activists nationwide raising money for you, you wouldn't be in the Senate. What is this, "Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh, there's not enough room for moderates." Plenty of them. It's Reagan conservatives that are the target here.

I suppose we can chalk this up as one more bogeyman that the talk radio crowd has set up -- moderates. This list includes the establishment, the media, elites, Islam, socialists, etc.
The problem with arguing that the Senate is full of moderate Republicans is that this can so easily be proven false. I mean really. Just count them. In the words of Rick Moran,

The next time a tea party elitist talks about the GOP senate being lousy with RINO’s, I demand they name names. Who do they think is a “moderate” besides the obvious targets? There better be a lot more than 6 or 7 in order to make good on their observation about the senate being full of moderates. I’m sure we will be surprised to learn who they believe doesn’t measure up to their ever narrowing definition of conservative. More than likely, many senators they believe are RINO’s would hold views to the right of Reagan.

I am starting to agree with Nate Silver that the more the FoxNews/Talk Radio wing of the Republican Party repudiates moderate Republicans, the better they look. It is an unintentional endorsement.