I think it's more that there's a confluence of interests between the GOP trying to destroy all state records and single issue activists trying to correct a broken system. they'll only get so much traction with the GOP but we'd be fools to not to use their obsessive focus to yield some positive change, even if it's limited in its application. the liberal drives towards means-testing and illegalizing poverty find themselves squarely in the reactionary crosshairs from time to time, mostly accidentally.