Reply #5: Well to go from having the village idiot in the White House

[Wapsie B]

whose pseudo-folksy behavior seemed to resonate with the good old boys to having a President whose intellectual abilities make them feel dumb is quite unsettling to the rabble in the gop. W's style made them feel smart. He reinforced their beliefs in themselves, keeping them in their comfort zones. Obama, besides being a black man challenges their belief systems, something those in the conservative crowd hate with a passion. They don't want to be made to think.