Originally Posted by joshgirls

that being historically correct, you are referring to the other side of the tea party...the bob dole/george bush republicans. Dick cheney is in that mix. The politicians from that era are losing power. Witness how eric cantor basically vetoed john boners effort to compromise with obama. The republican brand is now associated with the failures of the republicans, so everyone who wants power in the party now affiliates themselves to the tea party idealogy.