ONE OF THE MORE AMUSING BLOGOSPHERIC PASTIMES at one point (a year or two ago, I guess) was watching moderate Democrats' heads explode. One by one, we all seemed to finally get it: This administration was not a continuation of modern conservative presidencies like Ronald Reagan's. It was, in fact, a radical experiment in a new kind of national American politics -- strategically divisive, tactically dishonest, and always, always, always brutally demagogic.

The problem wasn't that they broke the rules sometimes. It was that they didn't believe there are any rules.

The bad news, of course, is that the administration hasn't changed its ways; if anything, they've gotten worse, as Karl Rove's recent outburst demonstrates. The good news, though, is that we centrist Democrats aren't alone anymore: heads are now exploding among moderates of all parties and persuasions.