@Cruiser I would not write them off as idiots. I do think they are almost exclusively the far right of the Republican Party. They represent 18% of the voters and are almost exclusively Republicans in their voting habits. 60% will not say that Barack Obama is an American Citizen. That’s an awful lot of Birthers to call them mainstream thinkers.
I also think there is a great deal of false logic and wishful thinking going on among them. They blame Obama for the deficit when nearly all of it was piled up by Republican Administrations and it traces back to Ronald Reagan cutting taxes for the rich by 60%. They insist we can cut taxes for the rich further (calling it a fair tax) and thereby balance the budget. They want to do this while retaining their Social Security and Medicare. The only way that would actually be possible is to eliminate our entire defense budget.
They claim we should have a government more in keeping with what we had when the country was founded. But in the 1790 census we had about 4 million people. Today we have about over 309,000,000. In 1790, we had no automobiles or highway system, no airplanes or FAA, no pollution problem or EPA, no nuclear energy or NRC and sop much more. It is utterly absurd to think that the USA of today would self regulate and move efficiently into the 21st century with 18the century management. That is as silly as saying that a child who can pedal a toy car around their house could equally drive an Indy car at the Indianapolis 500.
So I am watching. I am bemused. I am delighted that at least people are getting engaged. But I will fight with all I am worth to keep this crowd of selfish, simplistic thinkers from taking over the government and implementing their grand plan for America.