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Republican strategists may fancy themselves as clever by playing to prejudices to gain votes from "third chromosome types", but as a result of the US election cycle, they're constantly beholden to them. So I guess if the goal of the strategy is to be a puppet, but a puppet with a DC address, then yeah, great strategy.

I personally don't buy it. I think in the Goldwater/Nixon/Reagan days it was true, but now I think enough of those that were courted by these "clever" strategists have grown up to form the party. Lure enough spiders into your house to control the ants, and soon you'll have a house full of spiders.