Continuing on from my little observation downstairs, the “conservative” coalition is unstable.

The only way to make it work is that envisioned by the Gary North’s of the world, who see the US falling apart, so that each little Balkanized unit can follow their own doctrines.

That is one reason why the Confederacy is so appealing to these people. If each little unit was more autonomous then each could follow their own little culture: Baptists here, Pentacostals there, Libertarians across the desert, etc.

These people revile Abe Lincoln because Lincoln had a vision of the US as open-ended time wise, as something that could endure.

The “conservative” coalition, contra to their cries about Obama being anti-American, are the real political threat to what is known (post-Lincoln) as the United States.