I wrote to Joe Blundo and here is his reply (with his permission):

Yes, someone last week e-mailed me about the same thing. What really amuses me is sometimes the column appears attributed to a "Clive Runnels." I told my wife, I have a pen name and I didn't even know it. I'm starting to call myself Clive around the house.

It's kind of wacky the way they're trying to make it fit the current circumstances. Isn't it the Tea Party types who should be fleeing, since they think the country is under the control of socialists intent on subverting the Constitution and converting us all to Islam? Or maybe they're anticipating a big pendulum swing in November.

Thanks.

Joe Blundo