The Wizard of Beck by David Brooks.
I am finding that only about 10% of self identified Republicans in my Colorado Springs district listen to and spew pack what Rush and others are saying, and my district is supposed to be one of the most conservative in the state.
I am about to change part of the focus of my campaign to target the single issue precinct leaders in the same breath that I target Dave Schultheis. They are completely out of touch with the people they supposedly lead. I continue to find that 90% of the Republicans I talk to want a big tent majority.
The precinct leaders want, almost to a person, to continue to purge the party. They are the Rush Limbaugh fringe that Brooks is talking about.
When 10% try with ill-advised purges, to take the party in a direction that 90% don't want to go, they risk being trampled. I think their behavior has been sufficiently bad that they need to be trampled.
Tom McDowell
