What will be interesting is to observe the response of the liberal blogosphere and the media.
To the extent that silence ensues, it will make one thing perfectly clear: The outrage over "hateful speech" in the context of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting was nothing but a political ploy -- a soulless exercise in Machiavellian politics with nothing more elevated than partisan advantage at its core.
And if there is nothing but silence, let us hope that independents -- and all Americans -- are listening closely. It will be a moment that can impress everyone with the moral bankruptcy permeating the self-appointed ethical arbiters of American political life.