I don’t see a moral equivalency. If Democrats held the positions of the most obnoxious country-club Republicans we have in the party, the country would be better off than it is now. Obama and the Democratic leadership are so far outside the American tradition, GOP sell-outs can’t compete. Snowe is not Al Franken. McCain is not Dick Durban. I would like to see Snowe and McCain replaced by conservatives but I do not believe they are as injurious to the economy, to national security and the country as a whole as even the average Democrat.
Taken alone they are harmless. But they are a protective cloud around the activists which enables them to do whatever they want safe from public reaction. Their job is to put their party to sleep while the commies get away with murder. Durbin would be nowhere without a McCain running interference for him, in the senate and in the media.