Yes, they have.  But they're irresponsible children and huge hypocrites so they'll never admit that. They have no ability to learn unless something happens directly to them and even then they're slow on the uptake. So I'm just going to sit back and wait for them to self destruct, as always. And as always, blame liberals and democrats.  What I'd like to see is conservatives clean up their own mess for once, instead of riding on the coat tails of Dems who start the clean up process, at the very least.  As far as I'm concerned the country can split in two. The libs can take their states: California, New York, etc where the brain trusts are, and the conservatives can take the rest. I'd be fully satisfied. I'm tired of living with adult-sized children, creationists, misogynists, religious freaks, racists, homophobes, xeonophobes, bigots, hypocrites and just plain stupid, clueless people who have no capacity to learn and will never change. It's claustrophobic. But I'm not leaving.They'll go.