It’s been repealed. Or superseded by a 12th commandment saying thou shalt speak ill of every other Republican in the race. Maybe the rest of you guys recall it differently but I can’t think of any other primary season where so many candidates have been so reviled by so much of the base. From this evening’s mailbag (more or less at random):

Thompson’s debate performances haven’t been aimed at Iowan corn subsidy whores, or Northeastern New Hampshire resident “Republicans”. He is a real conservative, and isn’t to be blamed for our idiotic primary system that gives no weight (or belated weight) to real conservatives like those of us in North Carolina, South Carolina, and every other state that is actually reliably Republican.If you count Thompson out, you are left with left-wing darling McCain, Big Government for Christ Huckabee, liberal Guiliani, and “my religion has taught me how to lie and pretend to be whatever I need to be for success” Romney.

And that last is one of Mitt’s better notices:

That sign stealing lying hypocrit is the level of a snake pretending to be a christian and operating under the umbrella of christianity. If he is a christian Charles Manson is the Pope.

And lest we forget, from earlier in the day:

Still bashing Ron Paul, Steyn? This is the day when your state will vote for the real conservative, not the RINOs who want to spend our money fighting wars for Israel and Europe.

The Republican Party needs to find a candidate it can unite around. Or, failing that, a candidate it can agree it despises the most.