And if anyone has our best interests in mind, it’s Nancy Pelosi.
Via CNS News:
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says tea party conservatives have “hijacked the name ‘Republican.”
The Grand Old Party accomplished so much for our country. Some of the leaders, even in — within the past few years, have done so much for our country. And this (tea party) is — you know, is a different manifestation.
“I believe the tea party hijacked the name ‘Republican.’ I wish the Republicans would take it back. But when you see 199 Republicans vote to default on the full faith and credit of the United States of America, 199 Republicans — only 28 voted with — well, 27 voted with the Speaker to do the responsible thing — then you know that the tea party has either frightened or had its impact in some way or another on the other members.”