re: Fellow southerners - why do we keep electing fools?

Living in a swing state, I feel like I should throw in my 2 cents. I laugh at some of the southern political players. Who can out-patriot, out-religious, and out-discriminate their opponent? It truly is funny. The Newsroom has two perfect clips about southern/tea party republicans today.

Tea Party is American Taliban

Tea Party Explained

This is completely neutral, but the Republicans will get crushed in 2016 if they run a fool like Ted Cruz or Huckabee. The two candidates that are "thinking about it" that have a chance to win are Jeb Bush and John Kasich.

Jeb can win simply because of name recognition and his ability to distance himself from his brother.

Kasich can win because he is one of the most moderate Republicans out there. A RINO if you will. Being governor of OHIO, he can certainly lock that state up. No GOP President has ever won election without OHIO.

I don't think the Dems will run Hillary, but it wouldn't surprise me. Obama came from nowhere in 08, and I would predict another candidate like that for the donkeys.

But, good luck getting rid of the Tea Party.