red rover, red rover, send Arlen over

John Thune, the right-winger taking over Tom Daschle's seat, has already joined the crowd spanking Arlen Specter for committing that most treasonous act, voicing moderation. Specter's chances of chairing the Judiciary Committee are now circling nil.

If the radicals abandon him, we should adopt him. There could be other strays: Lincoln Chafee is already threatening to run away from home. There are likely to be others, like Olympia Snow. We will only need a few more to be reverse boll weevils to change control of the Senate, which would bring proper investigations, which could change everything.

Karl Rove is hell-bent on making "moderate Republican" an oxymoron. Let's help.