Your point if right on. Almost all republikklans are completely out of touch with the citizens they represent as well as a handful of dems. However it's republikklans that choose to be out of touch, they don't what to be bothered by the peasants or anyone who doesn't give to their pacs.
munchkin isn't thinking about governor any more, he's going to run for President.
munchkin says he's for alternative energy, then he goes in a alters the bills in favor of fossil fuels and coal. At the same time weakening the environmental controls that dem presidents set and frump totally dismantled. Lets not to forget that one of frumps first few big attacks at USA was to open Alaska to oil anything. And the oil companies thanked him.