As I've maintained before, conservatism today is less a philosophy and more a tribe united by various cultural markers. That Obama is deftly manipulating the hive mentality shows a superior awareness of his enemy. Man knows his Sun Tzu.
I wonder how much further this can go. Letting Limbaugh set the terms of the opposition will prove disastrous to the Republicans, but I wonder whether you couldn't ratchet it up a bit. I think Obama ought to introduce an immigration bill along the lines of McCain-Kennedy. With Limbaugh running things the reaction will be overheated and likely further poison the well of GOP minority outreach. It will shatter the GOP for some time. Not that he needs my help...
