One more point on the Danforth piece today: you can’t miss how Jimmy Carter comes roaring to Danforth’s defense. This is not going to help “St. Jack” in his attempt to “reform” the GOP into its former milquetoastiness:

In an interview, Carter praises Danforth as “one of my heroes” and says modern-day fundamentalism is identifiable by superiority, exclusivity and narrow-mindedness. The current alignment reminds him of Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s red-baiting frenzy of 50 years ago. He says the country licked McCarthy and will beat the Christian conservatives, “once the American people realize accurately what is happening.”