R  religion is power 
E  errant thinking 
P  public education is failing 
U unabashed self-righteousness 
B  brilliant strategy of deception 
L  labor unions are the enemy 
I   instant dollar gratification 
C  cunning in undermining the general will 
A analysis at its lowest level 
N negativism toward any kind of regulation 
Republicans are a majority because of the electoral college, which in the first place was designed to protect sparsely populated states to negate the great unwashed.