Digby: Welcome Back Reagan Democrats

Good for Jim Webb. He denied the idea that he'd become a Democrat purely on the basis of Iraq. He explained that he'd originally become a Republican on national security issues but that like a lot of people who'd done the same thing, he'd always been concerned with matters of economic fairness and social justice. He feels very comfortable in the new progressive Democratic majority.

People of sense are beginning to see that liberal-hating, low taxes, guns and Jesus aren't enough to sustain the country they want to live in --- and that for all the Republican chest thumping about national security they are no more capable or serious than a bunch of kids playing RISK.