This piece sounds like the author is trapped in a right wing bubble. Most folks who've been paying attention to polls across the country realized all this a long time ago. It's not just because the Republicans are unpopular...it's not just because they've been starting wars that this country can't afford to pay for...it's because the fundamentals of their economic platform, which have been driving the US economy on an insane roller-coaster ride now for 30 years, are hitting a dead end. All they have left is wedge issues. That's it. As a result of having a Republican party that is almost exclusively focused on wedge issues as a platform, there isn't a pro-America or anti-America crowd...there's just an anti-Democrat and anti-Republican crowd. However, the Republicans seem to believe there's only pro-Republican and anti-America. Which indicates more of a collective mental disorder than anything else. To even bring up the term "loony left" is laughable...not even the remnants of the US Communist party are as schizophrenic as the fat, bald John Birch Society members who clutch copies of Soldier of Fortune and run around in the woods in Army surplus fatigues clutching assault rifles and swearing an oath to blow up abortion clinics and government buildings. Those are the only REAL political loonies, and they're virtually exclusive to the Republican parties (and those further to the right).