(March 10, 2014 at 6:10 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: They're the Know Nothing Party of the 21st century. They're mad as hell but they can't articulate why and don't seem to want to put the effort into finding out.
I think they do know, but don't want to say it out loud. Obama isn't the reason, but is the lightning rod for vented frustration. The GOP is going through the first convulsions that will result in the jettison of the Christian right as a part of the voting block that must be catered to.
I have no idea how many election cycles it will take, but the result will be an updated GOP that leans libertarian, pulling the GOP towards the center. The GOP will still have the same spoken but unpracticed 'fewer taxes/smaller government' mantra, but will rid itself of the social conservative bullshit.