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Here's what happens when you are Speaker of the House and arrange to cut off funds for other Republicans ~ you end up as just another member, and there'll be a new Speaker who is a Democrat.

The deal is the Speaker pays a higher price than the members, and the nation pays an even higher price than the Speaker and the members put together.

Michelle can probably link things together to get out a good story line but can she link that story line to "Republicans Win"?

If she can, great. If she can't, then that's too bad.

Fur Shur you don't win unless you vote for WINNERS.

As you know I have a sort of campaign going here where we get rid of Priebus. He knew how to win in Wisconsin ~ actually did a Gingrich sort of thing and flipped the power structure from Democrat to Republican. Now, as RNC Chairman he no longer acts like a winner ~ doesn't even seem to know what a winner is ~ or that it is important to win.

BTW, if you misspell the guy's name you get a shot of Preity Zinta. Here's a top 10 montage of her best Bollywood songs ~ >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq1S9Fdgqtc

Not to get off the topic, but ~ this young lady is a winner and acts like a winner. If Priebus could take up Bollywood dancing he might change all our minds, bu right now he's not cutting it.

Here's what happens when you are Speaker of the House and arrange to cut off funds for other Republicans ~ you end up as just another member, and there'll be a new Speaker who is a Democrat.

I don't have the reference handy, but I recall a story about Barry Goldwater where he was asked point-blank why he was supporting a follow Republican senator with whom he seriously disagreed on many issues. Goldwater's response was to the effect of "because I head the NRSC".

Same idea... when you are part of the party leadership, you have taken on the responsibility to work in the best interests of the party, which may at time conflict with your own personal views, in order to build a working majority.

"Here's what happens when you are Speaker of the House and arrange to cut off funds for other Republicans ~ you end up as just another member, and there'll be a new Speaker who is a Democrat."

First, he was ousted anyways, so how did Plan A work out for Newt? Second, all I know about this is what Bachmann said last night at the debate and on Hannity. She reported that Republicans were voting to withhold funds to candidates supporting Partial Birth Abortion and Newt came in and turned that around. Sounds like Republicans disagreed with Newt, but he bigfooted to get his way. And the point is, how did that work out politically along with my Doug Hoffman example?

My friend (channeling John McCain), I think you got it backwards.