MANN & ORNSTEIN ON THE BAGGERS

They provide a useful review of the GOP's intransigence in Salon and end it with this:

Nothing concentrates the minds of politicians and their parties so much as the prospect of electoral defeat and political marginalization.

That won't affect the Baggers or the radio gasbags who encourage them because the Baggers are convinced they have the Absolute Truth and the gasbags can't afford to alienate their core audience.