Circular Firing Squad, Republican Style

For as long as I can remember, Democrats were the best practitioners of shooting themselves in their political feet. Now the 08' Republican contenders are getting skilled in the game. Last night's Republican debate was a testament to how vicious Republicans can be to each other. I have to say I missed the festivities, even though I could have watched Fox News on jetBlue (why they don't have CNN or MSNBC is a little odd to me). Nevertheless, they took their turns attacking each other in spectacular form.

From The Huffington Post:

"You've just spent the last year trying to fool people about your record. I don't want you to start fooling them about mine," Arizona Sen. John McCain bluntly told Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson made Giuliani his target, saying the former New York mayor supported federal funding for abortion, gun control and havens for illegal immigrants.

"He sides with Hillary Clinton on each of those issues," added Thompson, referring to the New York Democrat who leads in the polls for her party's presidential nomination.

Oooooh. Comparing him to Hillary, now that's gotta hurt. They all deserve the criticism of course. All the contenders have fatal flaws that the others just love to expose. All the better for Democrats to sit back and watch as they rake in more money and get better exposure in the press (except for Ron Paul maybe).

Republicans love to sabotage the country for their misguided ideology, if they want to use that technique on their own campaigns, more power to them!