Southern Rump

Ron Brownstein of the National Journal makes the point I wrote about a week ago, that the auto bailout is just a taste of the Southern rump GOP that will come.

I like my version better, but I really do believe the point. With the Southern GOP dominating Congress, they will become the national definers of the Republican brand, meaning that the remaining GOP figures in the northeast and midwest will be struggling with the definitions cast upon them.

This will likely become clearer as other issues come to the fore, immigration, healthcare, union issues....

In effect, the imbalance of national GOP power towards the South may make the Republican party narrower.

(Everybody say a thank you to Karl Rove.)