Fight the Right

From Benen.

It's all part of what the Democratic Governor's Association's "Fight the Right" initiative. In a press release, DGA executive director Nathan Daschle said, "This is a volatile political environment -- all the more reason to rally our base. Today's Republican party is dominated by the Tea Party-Sarah Palin fringe, which is forcing candidates further and further to the right. Governors are traditionally immune to ideological purity contests, but today's GOP won't accept anything short of rigid adherence to an out-of-touch dogma. All this at a time when the stakes in the 37 governors' races this fall couldn't be higher -- they'll affect Congressional majorities, redistricting, the 2012 Presidential race, not to mention the lives of hardworking men and women."