Stand Up and Be Counted: The right wing ideologues are at it again. Anyone that does not subscribe to their far-right agenda is considered suspect and must be purged. (Sounds Stalinist, no?) Pat Toomey, a GOP congresman from Pennsylvania has decided to compete against incumbent Senator Alren Specter in next year Senate primary? What is Specter's sin? Among many sins, he is pro-choice. The Republican MainstreetThe Republican Mainstreet Partnership, a group of moderate Republicans, is standing up to Toomey and his cohorts in the Club for Growth, a far right group. Click the link for Mainstreet to read more.