Digby: Counting Coup

There has been a lot written in recent days about the religious right and the Democratic party's attempts to gain their votes. I think I'll let all that simmer for a while and examine the real problem with these quixotic crusades to get the most conservative people in the country to vote for the Democrats.

It's not about politics and it's not about religion. It's about tribalism. The Republicanism is an "identity" movement in which member's affiliation with the party is more akin to affiliation with clan or family.