Reply #59: Here's the OPs definition of "the base" which

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is brilliantly defined, imv.

"In truth, the "base" is a fluid thing - it changes from day to day, from one election cycle to the other. The current "base" of this president/administration is the people who support it NOW,**** and not yesterday. There are those who supported it six months ago, who no longer do - just as there are those who didn't support it yesterday, but do today. To claim you are "the base" of fans who support a sports team you abandoned years ago in order to root for an opposing team, and root against the team you once supported, means you are no longer part of the base of said team. It's as simple as that."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9156113&mesg_id=9156403

**** That would be us. :D