In the News The coming Republican rebellion against the tea party, and how it could backfire
Revolt is the all the rage among conservative intellectuals. Fed-up folks like David Frum and Reihan Salam want someone inside the party to take on the Tea Partiers responsible for the current standoff. “Responsible Republicans have to act. They have to organize and mobilize,” Frum cries out. Salam nods, saying “the Republicans profiting from undermining their colleagues need to pay a price for having done so.”
The thing is, a version of that is already happening. I’m just not sure it’ll excise the rot Frum and Salam have sniffed out.
