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I kind of feel like it was a play by the republicans to try to regain the base. They have lost hold of some of the religious right (about 20-25% of them voted for Obama in the last election) and I think they are starting to see the religious right begin to change in a way that will not allow them to be reliably counted in elections. So they have embraced the far right liberal haters. These are the people who are saying the Obama isn't a citizen and he saying he is trying to indoctrinate out kids into his socialist mindset and that he is going to fund abortions with tax dollars. They embrace these people because the people are now starting to make up their base.
Instead of trying to take a constructive role in the government the republicans have chosen to take the stance of "we are against it." Basically if Obama and the democrats are for it, they are against it. Then they just sit back and hope it fails so they can take back power. It worked for the democrats when the republicans held the senate house and white house. After 6 years they had become bloated, corrupt and pitiful, now the republicans are sitting back hoping the same will happen to the democrats while embracing the fringe so that when it does they will have a base electorate already in place.
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