It's a dangerous strategy," he contends, "to build conservatism on information and policies that are not credible.
via motherjones.com
This is a fascinating interview/article with a Republican Congressman from S. Carolina dealing with some of the ideological changes of the "tea party" movement. I've been curious for some time about how the tea party folks are changing the GOP. Not all of it is bad change, probably, but there are some things that make my eyebrows raise (what the congressman had to deal with for one, an unfortunate anti-intellectualism and the fact that it's more libertarian, and by and large socially liberal on issues that supposedly matter to the GOP- pro-choice & pro-gay for example).