Yeah.
Something occurred to me this morning. In the early to mid nineties, the Republican party made quite a lot of headway, particularly in the hard sciences, because the far-left was perceived as anti-science. Postmodernism was at its zenith in academia, and physicists and chemists read books like "Higher Superstition" and realized that a large part of the left was their enemy. And while a few were also worried by the Religious Right, we were able to argue that the RR was not a substantial threat, and while noisy did not have any real influence in the party.
Fast forward ten years, and we have books like The Republican War Against Science" getting major publicity. Conservative scientists in academia are deserting the GOP or keeping very quiet. And I'd be surprised if 20% of science Ph.Ds vote GOP in 2006/2008.
Conservative scientists in academia are deserting the GOP or keeping very quiet. And I'd be surprised if 20% of science Ph.Ds vote GOP in 2006/2008.
It's certainly a problem when the only conservatives and libertarians living in a hostile and highly influential sea of left wing liberals is alienated from the GOP.
I hope the movers and shakers (like Rove) are wide awake with eyes wide open on this.