GOP meltdown

Having been pelted with the inalterable fact of monolithic GOP voting blocs (a fearful prospect even outside the fact that I generally disagree with the GOP on most things), as well as having heard many tales of Karl Rove's dream of eternal GOP dominance, it's good to watch them fall completely apart. There are a lot of sources for what's coming out of Congress today and you should check those out

• The New Republic's blog The Plank is covering this blow-by-blow, with some good insider stuff coming to them
• Talking Points Memo is getting some good stuff also
• A good analysis of the overall dynamic at TAPPED
• The Corner over at National Review is strangely quiet in regards to these matters.

No word yet on whether Ted Stevens will indeed resign now that his darkest nightmare has come true... Note, however, that Alaska still gets to keep the money. That's a $450 million buy out, so maybe Ted's taking a darkest before the dawn approach to things...