The Republicans are in a "civil war," on a "disastrous turn toward extremism." But when Democrats embraced hard-core leftists like Ned Lamont, it was an "opportunity" and revenge of the "moderates."
"Today, of course, National Review is widely read as a journal of the Republican establishment. But in its infancy it was regarded as extreme - far more radical than the bloggers most influential ...
The Times buries the lead in its story on the "Lieberman-in-blackface" blogger, and lets anti-war candidate Ned Lamont implausibly deny connections to her.
