here's why the GOP is still in trouble...

I knew about Newt Gingrich, but I didn't know this about the national Republican leadership support for Scozzafava...

Brutal!

Here it is from Maureen Groppe in the C-J...

As Republicans struggle with how to lead their party back to power, Hoosiers are working at different levels to stiffen the GOP's conservative spine. Notably, Indiana attorney James Bopp Jr., vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, wants to impose a purity test on GOP congressional candidates....

The catalyst for the push was the special New York congressional election in which the Republican candidate withdrew after a backlash from conservative activists. U.S. Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, the third-ranking Republican in the House, was the only House GOP leader who did not back the nominee, Dede Scozzafava, who supports same-sex marriage and the economic stimulus plan....