Recent polls of Republican activists show they put using state power to impose their moral values ahead of promoting a constitutional government and individual liberty. Left-wing blogger Matthew Yglesias, comments on the significance of this shift: “This doesn’t so much make a “hard-right run” tempting as it does a run that emphasizes hard-right positions on theocracy and moderate economic policies. We’re used to hearing Republicans with hard-right economic policies and moderate stances on culture and values described as “moderate” but it’s six of one half a dozen of the other in terms of who’s more moderate. Or, really, since by … Continue reading Red state fascism=blue state socialism