"Suddenly, formerly sane blogger Layne and tons of other lefty bloggers are having a grand old time insulting, denigrating and slurring Christians."

I laughed when I first heard the term christophobia. After this week I believe its a legitimate term now.

Bill: Are you sure you got that last link right? I'm not seeing that quote there.

Yes. 12th paragraph.

I'd just like to point out that Hugh Hewitt is bringing his own considerable weight to bear in supporting Specter and trying to get the anti-Spectr factions at places like the NRO to take a breath and back away.

his Friday post

His post today.

The effort to stop Arlen Specter from gaining the chairmanship of the Committee on the Judiciary continues, though Karl Rove's comments yesterday signal the president's confidence that Specter will get the job done. I haven't persuaded anyone at The Corner yet, so time to try again. Opponents of Specter have to ask themselves a few questions.

Hugh's questions are excellent.

Apparently, I am having some browser issues. The post#1091 link takes me to Sunday’s post, and not today’s. Makes much more sense now. I thought I was losing it.

Thanks.

Darleen -

Both of those are the posts that are linked in my post - don't you ever click on the links? ;-)

[blushes as she realizes she didn't click on all the links....]

sorry.... will be quiet for now....

The "center-right" will be in a minority in 2 years?

Where, exactly?

Not in the House of Rep, the single most important organ of government. Democrats have yet to adjust that Republicans control the House (perhaps Bill Clinton's most monumental failure, if you're a Democrat), and that the very earliest the Democrats could regain control would be 2012, after the 2010 census and further re-districting (but by then, more House seats will have shifted to the South, just as they did in 2000).

Not in the Supreme Court. We all know that story, and that's why Arlen "pay attention to ME" Specter is a story right now. In any case, the Supreme Court is controlled by "center-right" justices now.

The Senate? That's doubtful in the extreme.

The White House? GWB will occupy the WH in 2006, by which time a Republican will have occupied the WH for 26 of the preceding 38 years.

After some thought, I have discovered the answer. The Republicans will be a minority in the minds of Democrats! Of course. The answer was obvious.

MD -

You are kidding, right?

Where will it become a minority? IN THE ELECTORATE.

Bush only won by 3 pts, with a coalition of his conservative base and moderate Repubs and independents. If conservatives overreach, moderates like me will turn on the Republicans very, very quickly, especially in the midterm elections.

Hubris like yours will be the downfall of what you may think is a permanent "new majority."

Let's not construct straw men.

Neither I nor the original post addressed a "permanent new majority."

They addressed the situation in 2 years.

Admonishment well taken, but the fact remains that I was talking about the electorate. There is no conservative majority, and the quickest way to bring down any airs of the center-right's lasting majority will be the midterm elections.

If social conservatives get too greedy, they'll shoot themselves in the foot. It's all about realistic choices about the agenda, choices that the Dems were not rational enough to make as a whole. Will the right repeat their mistakes?

Social conservatives are notoriously prone to forcefully frame and push an agenda that invites backlash.