Republican split

There is a growing divide within the Republican party between the rabidly anti-spending, ideological, politically motivated crowd in Congress, who seem increasingly divorced from the mood of the country, and the more pragmatic Republican governors, who have to deal with local budgetary problems.

Obama got support from only three Republican senators, but the Republican governors of Florida, California, Vermont, and Connecticut joined 14 Democratic governors in signing a letter to Obama praising his economic plan.

Congressional Republicans begin to look more and more like a bunch of clowns, while these governors seem more mature public servants.

So here's the dilemma: do we want the clowns to win out so they'll be easier to defeat in next years midterm elections? Or do we want the pragmatic governors to prevail, even though they will be more formidable electoral foes?

Ralph