Reply #2: I think the very Republicans you mention, though, are not offering any [View All]

clarity or vision into their own problems.

Shrinks tend to assess this in terms like, "The patient exhibits minimal insight into his difficulties." There are some intelligent people in and around the Republican Party, but they direct their smarts at subversion and propaganda. Eric Cantor is certainly intelligent, but he is not leadership material for the Republicans because he doesn't see any political advantage in trying to snap them out of their stupor.

The components that they have to rely on for their base are the very components that brought them to the beat-up condition they're in. To reboot they are going to have to jettison the fundie nutbags and the hate radio talk hosts, just for starters.

Which means they are in electoral peril.

Which is real good for us.