Lexington: Hard-core Republicans are rats

Colin Powell, Chuck Hagel and Doug Kmiec, though Obamacons now, are the future of the GOP, according to Lexington, columnist at The Economist. Hard-core Republicans, who call the likes of Powell, Hagel and Kmiec "rats" deserting a sinking ship, are the ones who have it backwards. Deserting your party will make it stronger, Lexington seems to argue. How does such get printed?