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No question that Buckley would have strong things to say about how far the GOP has self-destructed.

But as I just said to Bill F, I wonder how past Democratic stalwarts would feel about the current DNC looking to overturn the Hyde amendment and trying to subsidize certain elective abortions. And I really wonder how prior leaders would feel about their national committee trying to sabotage a grass-roots candidate.

Both party candidates right now are embarrassing.