Ben Smith remarks:
There is a serious question of whether this could push real committed racists, a small, but real and voting, minority, away from the GOP. Hard to see them returning to what's now the party of Barack Obama.
May they enjoy the wilderness.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/02/the-appalachian-trail-to-nowhere/206139/
