“In both parties, a consensus now exists — buttressed by polls — that disaffection with a war grown costly and difficult to manage is the gravest threat to continued Republican rule.”
washingtonpost.com

This is very interesting to watch. Political power uses the Media to soften the psychological resistance of the flock. A better analogy might be a frog in a pot of hot water: If the water is hot when you through him in, he’ll jump out. Heat it gradually, and he’ll sit there and cook.

Now we’re seeing the water heated in the other direction. The frogs are getting used to the idea that the Republicans’ fear-based brainwashing – only we can protect you – we have to fight them there or fight them here – is bullshit. Time for all the froggies still in the pot to make a leap for cooler waters. Right wing reactionary mentality is optional to our survival – just as the war itself was optional – and the GOP is corrupt, so it’s safe to vote for somebody else.