Done and dusted Deepwater.

Your idea about extraditing our mad pastor is compelling. Please, take him; he is all yours under whatever legislation you might muster. It is about time we began shedding our religious fanatics back from whence they came. Then again, never mind, his moment on the stage has passed along with that of the now permanently capped, cemented, sealed, entombed, done and dusted Deepwater Explorer.

Further to my heads up about the rise of a third party in the form of a conservative/libertarian coalition, the plot thickens. A nobody mystery woman, Christine O'Donnell, has just emerged in a Delaware primary as the republican nominee for the November mid-term election. Her debut run for the senate unseated a long-term RINO who was a shoo-in for winning against the democratic candidate.

Christine is a tea party conservative and a pleasant looking young woman capable of speaking her mind to the public. As for the state her mind the following is exemplary. She is anti abortion, gays and stem cell research. Her education agenda demands a curriculum that includes teaching creationism. She had some youthful encounter with witchcraft followed by spearheading a public campaign against masturbation. Would you kindly extradite her along with the mad preacher?

Republicans, notably Karl Rove, are aghast at Christine's win and are outspoken about the need for her to clear up several past issues that could easily combine to give the democratic candidate a landslide in November. Moreover, to his credit, Rove insists that republican candidates should have a clean and clear record and be able to demonstrate integrity of character.

Christine was strongly supported by the tea party movement which, as you will recall, is the avant garde of the conservative/libertarian persuasion. These are the ultra right politicians that include Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich and numerous others. The interesting part is that one major spokesperson for the conservatives, Rush Limbaugh, took umbrage with Karl Rove's attack on Christine and earnestly defended and endorsed her. Hence, we have the classic republicans characterized by Karl Rove on one side and the emerging and expanding tea party conservatives characterized by Limbaugh on the other. Given the popularity of Limbaugh, Hannity and similar conservative talk show hosts, there is enough popular momentum to generate a third party. The raging battle between republican and conservative also acts to divert energy and money away from their battle against the democrats in general and O in particular.

Meantime, O is going his merry way seemingly in a dense fog and without ground truthing his ideology. In short, he is out of touch and many of his previous supporters, including the highly respected Colin Powell, are taking him to task. Their message to O is get back on track with your promises of reform beginning with immediate, focused and determined efforts to reduce unemployment. O's ideology is beginning to take shape and has crystallized into one of a social welfare state complete with big government, an expanded civil service, newly established commissions appointed by the President and responsible directly to him and a strong alliance with minorities of color and the trade unions.

One need not be very far to the right to react adversely to this ideology. Indeed, O is haemorrhaging support from his own party, especially the middle class who so believed in him as a figure of destiny. It is basically his inability to manage the economy and to take congress to task for their greed and glut that alienates the middle class. Nor are people very excited about O's medical care reforms. A recent cartoon shows him as a conductor with sheet music entitled Obama Care Part II. Problem is, the orchestra seats are empty and the remaining performers are seen running for the exits.

Yes, the Teflon Tony book-signing was a fiasco and yes, the Yanks still love him. Do you recall my telling you that in the initial stages of Iraq II, commentators on Texas radio were calling for Tony to join W as his vice president? We still don't know any better.