Yep. I think the difference is the Dems put their nuttier lefists up for general election (Kerry's record the last time out was one of the two or three most liberal in the senate). Howard Dean had a real shot.
Pat Buchanan hasn't been presidential timber for quite awhile.
The rabid energy has been on the left--and unlike the rabid right, it gets a media pass (or active help).
You are correct - absolutely correct. However, we should clean house. When Buchanan left the GOP, John McCain remarked "Kick him out and close the door!" Of course, the Dems wouldn't dare kick out Cynthia McKinney or Al Sharpton - or wacko Jim McDermott: they are the BASE OF THE PARTY NOW! John Dingle (Dingleberry) is another wack job who sympathizes with terrorists. It is a long list of terror loving/anti-Semitic Democrats. And I saw a photo of Howard Dean wearing a kafiyah or whatever the Pallies call it. I am not going to beat up on Gibson any more - he has done himself enough damage. When the Dems pander, they like to point out that they had a Jewish grandmother somewhere along the line and they expect us to be rapturous about this. I am not fooled by them. Not one bit.