Arianna Huffington Bashes the Mainstream Mediabr Commonwealth Club - The Commonwealth Club of Californiabr Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution and Made Us All Less SafeFor Arianna Huffington, the problem with the Republican Party is not that it is at odds with the views of progressives, but that its "lunatic fringe" has taken over the party and is at odds with the views of the American people.By significant majorities, Americans believe in the science of evolution, don't want Roe v Wade overturned, don't want to ignore global warming, want good health care for their kids and want to bring our troops home from Iraq.