[Kevin]

It's an election year, so the media has been picking up a lot of liberal vs. conservative psychology research. One of those studies found that conservatives tended to have stronger visceral reactions to negative stimuli than liberals.

Conservative pundits and leaders seem to be capitalizing on that by expressing much more visceral and base reactions to Democratic leaders. Jan Brewer is really the tip of the iceberg. Classlessness and crassness are not just how leaders are acting, it's party policy.

I'm sure everyone has heard about that famous '94 GOPAC memo written by then Speaker Gingrich. Conservatives were directed to use very strong and colorful language to refer to their colleagues across the aisle. This was aimed at eliciting the visceral and emotional responses we're seeing today.

So as to Brewer herself, don't hate the player, hate the game.