Not to mention the bible-thumpers who want to roll back the science classes to the 1700's.
Republican party is an uneasy coalition... As Mark Steyn once quipped "British Conservatism will never have the gun nuts, anti-abortionists, Wall Street types and Christian fundamentalists who make Republican gatherings look like the result of a dating agency run by sadists"
Still, Republicans are more rational than SUV-driving Democrats who want to cut fossil-fuel consumption while shutting down nuclear power plants.