Political scientists are finding all sorts of evidence marking the GOP's far-right shift, especially since the 2010 election, when many Tea Party types were elected. Check out this study.
Indiana senator and foreign policy expert, 80-year-old Richard Lugar is being "primaried" by a Tea Party favorite, Richard Mourdock, who is a former coal industry executive and has little experience in federal government. Like most politicians supported by the Tea Party, Mr. Mourdock is staunchly against the Constitutional rights of gays and women. We can't forget how Tea Party supporters feel the LGBT. Yesterday, in Boston, they welcomed Scott Lively, the man who has been working with Christian political forces in Africa to outlaw and jail LGBT people there.
Orrin Hatch has his troubles, too, being challenged by more of the same in Utah. Read his statement on these neo-conservatives:
“These people are not conservatives. They’re not Republicans,” Hatch angrily responds. “They’re radical libertarians and I’m doggone offended by it.” Then Hatch, a former boxer, turns combative. “I despise these people, and I’m not the guy you come in and dump on without getting punched in the mouth.” Hatch is facing a stiff primary challenge in Utah from his right. He is being challenged for his seat in the Senate by state Sen. Dan Liljenquist and state Rep. Chris Herrod. The challenge to Hatch’s quest for a seventh term is in doubt.
America will be hard to govern as long as the GOP is being led by idealogical extremists, who are the conservative version of the Leftists who took over the Democratic party in the early 1970s.
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