This week's already muchmocked GOP gettogether, wherein local conservatives tried to get their heads around the party's innumerable problems, inspired this from John Hugh Gilmore on his Minnesota Conservatives blog: "Last Wednesday night a self selected group of far right types, some masquerading as republicans, gathered unto themselves at a hideous suburb (redundant, I know) watering hole called The Blue Fox in Arden Hills. The name and location alone should have been enough to put off right thinking conservatives. This is not the face of the republican party in Minnesota but one would be hard pressed to disprove it by the advance publicity, the attendance and the subsequent reportage.After touring St. Paul's, I ate lunch at the Counting House, an elegant bank building converted into a fancy pub and popular with neighborhood professionals. Though not the most pennypinching place for a midday meal ($20 with beer), I confirmed my feeling that, while there are plenty of cheapan