That article hardly supports your conclusion.
Quote:They've done little to discourage the party's fringes from questioning Obama's legitimacy to serve through the birther movement, fitness to govern through the death panel canard -- and even the territorial integrity of the US under a Democratic president through Texas Gov. Rick Perry's flirtation with secession.
Anger may stoke the base at town halls -- and goose Glenn Beck -- but it just looks ugly on the national stage.
