[Above My Pay Grade]

“This idea that we’re suddenly going to establish litmus tests and all across the country we’re going to purge the party of anybody who doesn’t agree with us 100 percent; that guarantees Obama’s reelection, that guarantees Pelosi as Speaker-for-life,” he told Fox News last night. “

If Scazzafova held conservative positions on 95%, or even 80% of the issues, that might make sense. But she is pro-abortion, pro-bailouts, pro-porkulus, pro-homosexual agenda, pro-tax hikes and endorsed by the Daily Kos. She doesn’t fail a single “litmus test”, she fails nearly all the tests.

I doubt she agrees with conservatives on even 25% of the issues. If elected, she would be far to the left of many Democrat congressmen.

[Cedric]

Around here, Republican politicians are routinely called RINOs, despite having conservative ratings near or above 80%.

[Mr. Silverback]

The thing is, Cedric, calling Dede a RINO is an insult to RINOs. If she had a conservative rating of 80% or even 70%, this wouldn’t be a story and Hoffman likely wouldn’t have run.