Republican Congressman Chris Shays has just conceded, according to one of the flacks here in the DCCC press pit. He was the “last” New England Republican, and now he’s gone the way of other obsolete technologies. The lesson? You probably can’t come off as a moderate if you’re defending Sarah Palin.

–Tim Fernholz

Tim Fernholz is a former staff writer for the Prospect. His work has been published by Newsweek, The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast. He is also a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation.