It is interesting to note that as Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh have emerged as the face the modern GOP and the party has become obsessed with birth certificates and dead baby juice, state legislatures across the country have become significantly more Democratic.
Tom Schaller lays it down at fivethrityeight.com
In just the past three cycles, Democrats have gained a net of 374 state house seats and 68 state senate seats nationwide, moving them from slight minority status following the 2002 cycle–49.8 percent of two-party# share of house seats and 49.9 percent of senate seats; the first time Republicans had such an advantage since before the New Deal–to reasonably comfortable majority status in just six years. Democrats now control 56.8 percent of state house seats and 53.4 percent of state senate seats.
Thanks Teabaggers! Keep up the good work.