And suppose the crisis is averted, Dude--what in the hell was the point of any of this?
I remember asking somewhat rhetorically back in November, "Who is there left for the GOP to alienate?" Seeing that you could cross off gays, blacks, Asians, Mexicans, pro-choice women, moderates, indies and obviously Muslims (let's not forget Atheists).
Now we have our answer: any remaining moderate Republicans. Gone.