Self cannibalization as the GOP voraciously devours its Robespierres...
Its not unreasonable that true believers conclude Karl Roveas responsible as any single person for what the party has becomeis now a hack, given that he is one and always has been, and given what for true believers is the rather belated revelation that Rove loves power for its own sake which, whatever else may be so, cant be said of the partys zealots.
Self cannibalization is the instinct of such movements. The more desperate the Republican Party becomes, the more voraciously it devours its Robespierres, Dantons, Héberts, if such comparisons dont unduly flatter the romantic delusions of self-styled Republican Jacobins. Thus Senator Rubios superstardom is already on the descent, so blemished by his flirtations with reality not to mention with compassion on the matter of immigration reform that not only did he back away from the issue in his response to the president on Tuesday but it was necessary for Kentucky Senator Rand Paul to offer another, purer response to Rubios tainted one.
Thus the face of Hispanic Republicanism, however far beyond the oxymoronic such a concept lurches, isnt Rubio on Tuesday night but Tuesday afternoons new hotshot Ted Cruz, senator from Texas for 43 days and attacking the character of Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel so ruthlessly and without any facts that even fellow Hagel opponent John McCain objected. Thus the scowling response of congressional Republicans Tuesday night to the presidents clarion call on behalf of voting rights, which was last regarded as controversial 50 years ago by Southern segregationists and might have been considered in 2013 something of a gimme as far as applause lines go. Thus on further review the videotape reveals Speaker John Boehnerwho initially stood with the rest of the country to applaud the victims of gun violence during the State of the Unions concluding litanylooking out nervously at his seething and largely unmoved caucus (which leads him far more than he leads them) and, realizing the error of his heart, taking his seat again halfway through the honor roll of the dead, by the time the president got to Tucson.
http://www.salon.com/2013/02/15/the_grand_old_jurassic_party_partner/