"Former President George W. Bush reportedly believed he defeated the conservative movement when he defeated American Values president and 1999 CPAC straw poll winner Gary Bauer in the 2000 presidential race. However, the conservative movement is far stronger than its D.C. leadership. Forty percent of Americans describe themselves as conservatives, but to the average American that the beltway elite are supposed to be leading, they'd be as unknown as Larry Craig to the undercover Minnesota police officer.
"Part of the problem is that many of these people have been in Washington far too long. While the ACU praises its history of supporting term limits, Mr. Keene has been at the helm of the ACU for 25 years. Mr. Norquist has been at Americans for Tax Reform for 24 years. Many of the same problems with career congressmen apply to career Washington insiders, like losing touch with the people you’re supposed to represent and becoming part of D.C. culture. (See Norquist's K-Street Project or Keene's recent angry confrontation with filmmaker John Ziegler.)
While individuals may make themselves beltway institutions, they become less effective for the conservative cause because their rhetoric and tactics become tired and predictable....
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/serve-dont-dictate-long-time-conservative-d-c-insiders-need-to-go/2/
Yep, that’s ‘our’ Grover! This guy has to go as a ‘conservative’ leader.