Andrew Roth writes that I am “buying into Arlen Specter’s argument that the Republican Party would be better off with Rep. Wayne Gilchrest, Rep. Joe Schwartz, and Sen. Lincoln Chafee instead of losing these so-called Republicans to more conservative primary challengers.” Well, no, I’m not saying that. But yes, the Club could have picked better targets than Gilchrest and better champions than Bill Sali.

P.S. Shouldn’t Roth be saying, Good riddance, it’s better to have a smaller but purer party? Does he really take offense when someone notes that in some cases the Democrats have benefited from the Club’s actions?