NYTimes' Frank Rich: "The GOP Stalinists Invade Upstate New York"

NYTimes' Frank Rich: "The GOP Stalinists Invade Upstate New York"

Barack Obama’s most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week’s election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the Republicans are the sure losers. This could be a gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats through 2010, and perhaps beyond.