As they did in the '90s, the nutbag team is getting nods and blessings from Republicans and mainstream conservative voices.

The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report from the Southern Poverty Law Center says. Conspiracy theories about a secret Mexican plan to reclaim the Southwest are also growing amid the public debate about illegal immigration.

Bart McEntire, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told SPLC researchers that this is the most growth he's seen in more than a decade.

'All it's lacking is a spark,' McEntire said in the report.

It's not a coincidence that Glenn Beck is begging his audience members not to go out and Timothy McVeigh anyone.