Suzanne Downing, what’s your point? I read what you wrote but it’s not very cogent. If I read you right you seem to be questioning whether Gov. Walker - who for most of his life has been an Alaska Republican like yourself - is courageous? Anyways, that’s my take away. Maybe you are trying to impugn Walker’s masculinity, or something else, some how - dunno? :)

I must admit that as a voyeur I derive some pleasure from watching both you, and the Republicans you represent as well as counterparts that label themselves as Democrats “eating yourselves.” Seems to me you are all behaving like a wild animal gnawing its leg off after being caught in a snare trap.

Noam Chomsky, a few years back, noted that the U.S. has one political party with two factions, Republicans and Democrats. We really do need some other alternatives if we are to enjoy democracy here.