GOP moderates not as endangered as we thought?

With all the rhetoric we've been hearing from conservative activists/tea partiers about kicking the RINOs out of the Republican Party, you would expect a purge in the GOP to be on the horizon. However, an article was recently published in the LA Times that points out that despite the far right's best efforts, moderates are still here - and they are making a comeback.

This is to be expected. You can't expect arch-conservatives to represent moderate/swing districts and states and feel electorally safe. With the 2010 midterms coming up soon, we can expect these moderate districts to bring in even more moderate Republicans. This is why I wasn't really sweating Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts. As has been pointed out, he has a reputation as a liberal Republican (hence his vote for that jobs bill).