If one were to believe in the power of statistics, to represent the population by virtue of a sample, then the republican representatives are a representation of their constituents. And this model of the governed mirroring the governors, reflects from the president all the way down to the meanest, unwashed counsel person. Just like the those in Washington, where there are a very few thoughtful, empathetic states-persons and a mob of reactive, fearful, goons. They are afraid of their own governing process and it is revealed they are afraid of their own party members. Look at this snippet from Collins and Reed, the sample reveals the population. This is the GOP and they are lost and afraid, their rhetoric has wrought an unstable beast that now wraps around them like a shroud.