Nietsche called it 'der Wille sur Macht'; the will to power.

I was in my mid-thirties before I finally figured out that ambition has to have a point or it becomes a destructive force in one's life. A lot of people never figure that out from what I can tell.

I'm chagrined to see that the Republican party establishment appears to be among that number.

Party strategists worry that well-funded, well-organized challenges from the right could force Republicans to exhaust precious resources on messy primary fights — or force moderate candidates to adopt more strident positions early on that could haunt them during the final months of the campaign.

“For me, what this says is, we need to take a deep breath and decide whether [moderates and conservatives] work together or not,” said Tom Davis, the former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. “And if we don’t, it can get very, very ugly.”

The party guys just want their offices back. The people want political power directed to specific ends--namely the freedoms inherent to the idea of the United States.

The establishment can whine all it wants, but conservatives understand all too well that electing 'Republicans' is absolutely indistinguishable from electing Democrats, and the Scozzafava fiasco in New York is about as extreme a case as we've ever seen. The woman endorsed the Democrat in the race when her position became untenable!

Republican officials may not get their chairmanships back and the nicer offices at the Capitol building, but the Republicans candidate who are reelected will actually be true representatives and will wield what power they have in the manner it was intended.