It's tempting to remember that the Tea Party had a peak and then the Republican Party establishment sort of beat it back down. And so these things are won in a day.
Mark ShieldsThe Democrats are standing on one side, and the Republicans are playing games on the other. Both sides are playing games.
Mark ShieldsThe Republicans have, with some pride - George W. Bush won the White House by promising to restore dignity to the Oval Office. And they were or presented themselves as the family - the party of family values.
Mark Shields