“Romney’s mouthpiece claims to be a conservative and writes ‘good riddance, Mr. DeMint,'” Erick Erickson, the founder of the conservative blog Red State, tweeted. “In the history of ignorant takes on conservative, @JRubinBlogger may have just written the most ignorant thing ever.” A more vitriolic message comes from conservative radio host Mark Levin: “Go to hell, Jennifer Rubin,” he wrote.

These are good times for Republicans aren’t they?