"Christian"* right draws a bead on Byrd

NYT: "James C. Dobson, the nation's most influential evangelical leader**, is threatening to put six potentially vulnerable Democratic senators 'in the 'bull's-eye' ' if they block conservative appointments to the Supreme Court. . . He singled out [among others] Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia."

Uh huh. So they think they can unseat Robert Byrd, who has held public office since 1946, has been in the Senate since Dobson was practically in diapers, is ranking minority member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and is renowned and celebrated for directing oodles of federal money to his economically struggling home state. America's right-wing whackjobs are either way dumber than I thought, or they have something serious up their sleeves . . . like perhaps millions upon millions of dollars earmarked for a judicial nomination fight? I'm going to assume the latter for right now.

*FYI, I'm going to start using quotation marks when referring to "Christians" like these because the Jesus I know would not be down with what they're up to.
**Mr. Dobson is the founder of Focus on the Family.