Newsflash: Liberals Prefer Moderate Republicans.

In answer to a question about his favorite joke, well known liberal writer Markos Moulitsas replied “I've got three: Sharron Angle, Rand Paul, and Ken Buck.”

Engle, Paul and Buck along with Joe Miller and to a lesser extent Marco Rubio and Mike Lee are not typical GOP Senate candidates. If elected (and it appears as if a majority of them, if not all of them, will be elected) they will likely not be typical GOP Senators. In short, they appear to be the type of proud conservative that is easily found in state legislatures, and is not uncommon in the House, but is rarely part of the United States Senate.

The left is maligning this group because they are afraid of them. The left understands what it will mean if there is a true conservative caucus inside the Senate instead of just the often loan voice of Jim DeMint. Accordingly, when fellow Republicans question the wisdom of nominating conservatives over “more electable” moderates, realize they have been had by the narrative of the scared left.