re: #441 Talking Point Detective

Not to say that such people don’t exist, I think that statistically we can see that they are in the minority. The GOP has not shrunk in size over the past 3 years.

And again, there were plenty o’ folks who fully expected what we are seeing now as the logical extension of the craziness under Bush. I don’t question that there are considerably more extremists in office now than there were four, six, eight years ago. No question. But Bush greased the skids.

The GOP has shrunk in some parts of the country, namely NY, New England and the West Coast. But it’s effectively used white Christian cultural resentment in the South and Midwest to renew its strength. Teabaggers who claim their movement isn’t related to social issues are full of it.