can "point the fingers and blame others for problem,..." however, they don't typically (Maxine Waters comes to mind as an exception) point the finger and charge that those who oppose them are un-american, unpatriotic, "not one of us," often on the verge, if not having crossed over the line of treasonous. Conservative Republicans do, and now they are paying the price. In their pursuit to claim that their party is more moral, and more American, and more patriotic, and in their pursuit of a purist conservative ideal not based in reality or history, and having their candidates attack their opponents with the same ammunition they usually reserve for democrats, they are finding themselves in quite a pickle. Oh, and to clarify. His article was not so much about Republicans, but conservative Republicans. So, in short, he was not so much talking about pointing fingers and blaming your opponents, but rather pointing fingers and demonizing your opponents.