Quote Of The Day

“The historian Richard Hofstadter reminds us that anti-intellectualism has deep roots in American culture, and no one should be surprised that an evolving GOP that seeks to attract social conservatives will recognize that there is a real correlation between higher education and political liberalism. But I am not convinced that this is a viable political strategy. The base of the GOP is increasingly educated. Swing voters do not trash higher education; in fact, many of them want their child to go to a top college or university. This intentional downplaying the dismissing of a formal, prestigious education is beneath the GOP. Moreover, it is undeserving of the American people, especially when it comes from wise men and women who in any other culture would be considered the privileged best and the brightest.” — Robert Eisinger, political science professor at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon and the author of The Evolution Of Presidential Polling