doris, i want to go to this marco rubio/ted cruz fight because i m i want you to go to teddy roosevelt for me a bit. are we seeing a splintering of what conservatism is when you re watching rubio beat cruz or this just a personal spat? i mean, there s something that s personal in terms of two sons of immigrants the same age, the jealousy, that visceral sense, i m the one, not you the one. but clearly there s a big difference between their views on interventionism and nativism, their views on immigration. i mean, the thing you realize when you look at where we were right after romney lost and the republican party was talking about how are we going to get the hispanics back? rubio might be proud he was part of gang of eight at that point and maybe cruz would have been saying yes, i was for legalization but now it s shifted so much that the ground is taken away, but i do think the republican party as it was in 1912, in my time, is undergoing a major split. [ laughter ] and what happen
contender. doris, i want to go to this marco rubio/ted cruz fight because i m i want you to go to teddy roosevelt for me a bit. are we seeing a splintering of what conservatism is when you re watching rubio beat cruz or this just a personal spat? i mean, there s something that s personal in terms of two sons of immigrants the same age, the jealousy, that visceral sense, i m the one, not you the one. but clearly there s a big difference between their views on interventionism and nativism, their views on immigration. i mean, the thing you realize when you look at where we were right after romney lost and the republican party was talking about how are we going to get the hispanics back? rubio might be proud he was part of gang of eight at that point and maybe cruz would have been saying yes, i was for legalization but now it s shifted so much that the ground is taken away, but i do think the republican party as it was in 1912, in my time, is undergoing a major split. [ laughter ] and
rsvp-ing no were ron johnson out of wisconsin, kelly ayotte from new hampshire, pat toomey from pennsylvania. senators who certainly were helped by tea party voters. marco rubio, freshman republican senator from florida. the tea party helped rubio beat moderate republican charlie crist and democrat kendrick meeks. but now that he s a senator? the tea party all of a sudden becomes some sort of movement run by politicians. jim demint, rand paul, mike lee. they had a news conference yesterday. we re not trying to form just another caucus to make a tea party like all the other caucuses here. you have to believe that mitch mcconnell and republican leadership feel like they have the tea party caucus in a good place. and last night the former half-term governor of alaska delivered yet another republican rebuttal to the president s speech. his theme last night in the state of the union was the wtf. you know, winning the future. we ve got to play to win the future. and i
tea party, taking another step toward flexing its muscles on capitol hill today. the first meeting of the senate tea party caucus. seven tea party senators promise to band together to slash the budget, deconstruct the federal government, eliminate whole departments. but now that they re in washington? featuring some big names and a few surprising no-shows. rsvp-ing no were ron johnson out of wisconsin, kelly ayotte from new hampshire, pat toomey from pennsylvania. senators who certainly were helped by tea party voters. marco rubio, freshman republican senator from florida. the tea party helped rubio beat moderate republican charlie crist and democrat kendrick meeks. but now that he s a senator? the tea party all of a sudden becomes some sort of movement run by politician ppz. jim demint, rand paul, mike lee. they had a news conference yesterday. we re not trying to form just
who has already visited iowa. sharron angle says she s not ruling out running. and sarah palin? she gives new meaning to the term wtf. tea party, taking another step toward flexing its muscles on capitol hill today. the first meeting of the senate tea party caucus. seven tea party senators promise to band together to slash the budget, deconstruct the federal government, eliminate whole departments. but now that they re in washington? featuring some big names and a few surprising no-shows. rsvp-ing no were ron johnson out of wisconsin, kelly ayotte from new hampshire, pat toomey from pennsylvania. senators who certainly were helped by tea party voters. marco rubio, freshman republican senator from florida. the tea party helped rubio beat moderate republican charlie crist and democrat kendrick meeks. but now that he s a senator? the tea party all of a sudden