Excellent post. Everything Dashcle and Gebhardt have done the last 5 months has failed. The economy is reviving. The lefties are counting, however, on conservatives to elect a Dem Congress and President Gore/Hillary/Edwards in 2004. And from some of the posts I've seen lately it's not an entirely unrealistic hope.
From 1968 to 1992 the Democrats ate their own. I sure hope the Republicans don't fall into a trap like that.
Let me point out that the moderates bashing and stomping on the conservatives will not be an effective way to build a re-election coalition. No matter how often you all call us "fools". It just isn't persuasive.