To answer your question, nary a republican backbone can I find in the GOP. Well, there's Dick Cheney.
My husband and I mused "what if?" What if President Bush resigned, Cheney became president, who would he name as a worthy Vice President? Ann Coulter is the only backboned with balls choice we could come up with.
"A REPUBLICAN BACKBONE"....What is that???
Must be some kind of extinct species. Has not been seen since 1989....
It was famous for his call for "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism."
Only 2 species left...Buzzards and Chickens.