I'd hazard a guess that it's related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Revolution -- which also co

I'd hazard a guess that it's related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Revolution -- which also coincided with the meteoric rise of conservative talk radio and creative use of CSPAN.