I don't have kids, but my brother does.  I could never relate to the feeling a parent gets at the sight of a child taking their first steps...until now...  I read this article and had a Twilight Zone moment.  The MN state GOP votes 59 to 55 to "punish" several RINOs that the party felt betrayed them via an endorsement of Tom Horner for Governor???  Holy crap!  I see the light!!!  In a state notorious for producing strange 3rd Party candidates and other kooks like Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Rep Keith Ellison (R-MN05) , we finally get some BALLS!  The national GOP via the RNC, NRSC, NRCC, et al, could really learn a few things here...  1)  You don't endorse a Senator that undermines your Judicial appointments (e.g. Senator Arlen "Two Time" Spector (D/R/D-PA)).  2) You don't allow a Senator to keep seniority and committee rank when they run a write in campaign against your primary winner (e.g. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)).  3) You don't prop up Senate RINOs that have no problem crossing the isle to become a 60th vote, just to maintain a GOP presence in the northeast (e.g. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME)).  4) You don't take a Senate RINO with a record of crossing the isle, with "maverick" status, and with "Gang of 14" status, and make them your 2008 Presidential nominee (e.g. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)).  Ugh!  Ugh!  Ugh!  If the national GOP had the BALLS the MN GOP just displayed, we might have held the House and/or Senate in the 2006/2008 elections.  Perhaps even the Presidency.  Instead, we get wishy washy RINO moderate policy helping Liberal crap become law.  A lot of people wonder who should replace the disaster know as RNC Chair Michael Steele. Some say Sarah Palin...  I say the head of the MN state GOP!  GOP Revolt in MN!!!