Former Romney adviser and GOP Congressman says Republicans getting dumber.

Courtesy of City Pages:  

Vin Weber served as a Republican Congressman from Minnesota from 1981 to 1993. Since retiring from Congress, he was one of Mitt Romney's senior foreign policy advisers during his 2012 presidential run and still works as a D.C.-based GOP strategist. 

Weber was asked to weigh in on those findings. He said he would "resist characterizing this as evidence of a war on science, which I think is BS," and then offered up this nugget: 

"I suspect this is a reflection of a trend we've seen, where the most educated people who used to be Republicans are now Democrats, and people with less educational status are now moving into the Republican Party," Weber says. 

"Added to that is a realignment along religious lines, with the most religious lining up with the GOP," he said.

Pretty hard to argue with that observation.

However it is interesting to note that more and more this opinion is being offered by those who were once were considered firmly in line with Republican ideologies, such as Joe Scarborough, John Huntsman, and Steve Schmidt.

I think that every day we are seeing the signs of a dramatic and very public war erupting within the GOP that will either eventually make the party stronger, or see a third party split off and strip away the more fringe elements of the existing party.

Personally I think the latter is more likely.

Sarah Palin breaks the trail and the new breed of female politician (Or Mama Grizzlies as she calls them) follows her into absurdity.

When I saw this picture of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley striking a pose on a dock, more like a wannabe fashion model rather than a serious politician, I thought, "Now where have I seen THAT before?"

And then I remembered.

Oh yeah, how could I forget? This was the shot that Palin posed for that appeared in a Newsweek story on her before she finally dropped her charade and admitted that she had no intention of seriously running for the GOP nomination.

At the time we lambasted her for presenting the female politician as a bimbo, who presents cheescake instead of intelligence, and uses fake breasts and high definition makeup to hide her lack of political gravitas.

And today we are witness to a sitting Governor following the same path.

So is THIS the future of female politicians in America? Has Sarah Palin so dumbed down, and over sexualized, the blueprint for a successful woman entering politics that they must be photogenic and masturbation worthy first, and  qualified to run for office second?

Because if so I cringe to think what the future holds for this country.