Once again Brit media betrays a woeful ignorance of the real US political landscape. Their first fatal error was to take Sam Tanenhaus as a credible observor of conservatism. Their second was to repeat his elementary error of conflating the GOP with conservatism. It goes downhill from there.
his elementary error of conflating the GOP with conservatism. It goes downhill from there. You took the words out of my mouth, almost verbatim.
The next clue this guy is "off" was in calling a majority of Americans a "know-nothing fringe."
File this one under *a million and one reasons the GOP is deader than a doornail*.
Conservatism is alive and well, though, thankfully.