One needn't look much further than Arlen Specter's defection from GOP ranks today to see that the current trajectory of that party spells disaster for them. Form ranks behind the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other talk radio blowhards at your own peril. We saw signs of it in the election (Colin Powell and, for what it's worth, Buckley Jr.'s son), and it continues. It is a two party system, and I am sure eventually the pendulum will swing back. But I think it's going to be a good long while, and thank God.