People are fed up. They're angry. They're furious. ...And you can thank the GOP for it.
I've been arguing - for well over a decade now - that the party had long abandoned its constitutionalist roots. The base demanded strict-constructionists but, for a variety of reasons, it was force-fed a cadre of candidates that were about as far from that ideal as a Republican can get.
While top tier GOPers derided true small-government politicians as throwbacks, Birchers, and "wacko birds," their constituents were force fed a parade of expansionists that included Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain, Romney, and - if the party had its way - Bush again.