TPM Reader JF points to this quote from the WSJ and notes that the GOP has entered its Red Dawn phase:

"We have to have a remnant of the Republican Party who are recognizable as freedom fighters," Mr. DeMint said. "What I'm looking to do as a conservative leader in the Senate is to identify those Republicans, and even some Democrats, and put together a consensus of people who can help stop this slide toward socialism."

Says JF, "The first Republican member of Congress who cries "Wolverines!" on the House or Senate floor has to be considered the front-runner for the 2012 Iowa caucus."