The GOP is really batting 1000 today.

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13. These days

any Republican that breaks from toeing the extreme right position on even one issue is considered a moderate or reasonable Republican by the media, or even an "independent minded" Republican, if it's something like ultra-conservative Chuck Hagel speaking out against Iraq, a major issue.

So, a lot of these RW radio hosts and TV pundits maintain that one moderate position so they can claim independence. I remember a few years back, I was out of state on a business trip and was flipping through the radio dial and I stopped when I heard some guy making a passionate argument for raising the minimum wage, saying how he grew up in a lower middle class or working class neighborhood and knows how even a small increase can make a positive difference, and that study after study shows that increasing the minimum wage has a positive effect. I thought maybe I had found the local Air America, but it turns out that it was Michael Savage.