Not content with having an approval rating in the 30's, the Republicans current effort to enforce party discipline consists of threatening the three Republican Senators who voted in favor of the stimulus package. I guess beyond cutting edge hip hop isn't enough for them.
Per Steele's interview with Neil Cavuto:
CAVUTO: Republican Senators Collins, Specter, and Snowe who voted for the stimulus plan in the Senate, what...uhh...retribution will you exact?
STEELE: Look, my retribution is the retribution of the voters in their states. They're going to have to go through a primary in which they're going to have to explain to those Republican voters in that primary...
CAVUTO: I know, but will you, as RNC head recommend no RNC funds being provided to help them?
STEELE: That is something I'll talk to the state parties about and we'll follow their lead.
CAVUTO: So, in other words, are you open to that?
STEELE: Oh, yes, I'm always open to everything, baby, absolutely.
Can I hope that these three Senators finally call the bluff of these right-wing nuts who try to force everyone to march in lockstep? I doubt that they do anything about it but if it were me, I'd be marching into Mitch McConnell's office and demanding that they call off the dogs or I'd be leaving the Republican Party. I'm sure all three of them can raise money without the narrow base who contribute to conservative candidates.
Why they put up with idiots who push them around and call them names,I'll never understand. Better Kool-aid maybe?