"Becoming a conservative activist has actually been a low-risk, comfortable career choice. Most Republican officeholders hold safe seats, which they can count on keeping if they are sufficiently orthodox. Moreover, if they should stumble, they can fall back on “wingnut welfare,” the array of positions at right-wing media organizations, think tanks and so on that are always there for loyal spear carriers." Paul Krugman "Twilight of the Apparatchiks"
You see Red State monopoly characteristics with gerrymandering and restrictive voter laws tightening Republican control but also there is a proliferation of wingnut political scams feeding off the system. For example the "Stop Hillary" direct mail campaign which like Max Bialistocks raises a vault full of cash from gullible little old ladies but unlike with Broadway there is no pay off required, no matter how many wrongs go horribly right.
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