The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.

Congressman DeLay is the single most powerful member of Congress. This has got to affect the Republican Party.

The Republican Party is not inclusive.

The Republican Party is too fixated on this fiction of electability.

They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.

The overall problem the Republican Party has is it is increasingly looking like Tammany Hall. An odor of sleaziness is enveloping the Republicans and seeping into the administration.