eloquent expressions of traditional american values. today in his column in "the washington post," michael gerson writes the gop is a garbage scow of the corrupt, the seditious, and their enablers. this is unprecedented in american political history, but by now we've grown used to it, that the most eloquent and lacerating and accurate descriptions of the republican party now come from the former leading lights of the republican party, intellectuals like george will, speech writers like michael gerson and bill kristol, presidential campaign strategists like stuart stevens and steve schmidt, and the list goes on and on, including our first guest tonight jennifer rubin who writes, it is long past time that democrats seize the high ground on values including fair play, honesty, respect, and nonviolence. in truth, a party that winks at