No Matter How Crazy They Get, The Republican Party Won't Abandon Its Base

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It's an easy shot to say that it's all Big Business's fault; the reality is that the US population is fairly divided between conservatives and liberals (economic or social), and that hard right conservative fall into every economic strata. Saying that they're so stupid they can be easily manipulated by the 1% so as to vote against their interests is to mis-identify the problem. There is a not insubstantial share of the population that does not want someone else telling them what to do in their job or business, and as a consequence does not want their tax dollars going to help someone else. Even with an improving economy and a better message, that group will never disappear.