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After Republicans drifted for years without a pilot, Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have taken the helm of the GOP, steering their party and its grassroots into a much-needed, head-on battle with the Democrats. On the campaign trail on the way to his win in November 2012, President Barack Obama promised to finish the work he’d gone to Washington to do: “fundamentally transforming the United States.” Things look tough for the right in Washington today, but the reality is these three conservative Republicans, aided by friends in the Senate and the House, have dragged the president’s ambitious agenda to...

Friday night, former Senator Brown, now a Fox Contributor, filled in for Bill O’Reilly on The O’Reilly Factor. The Senator opened with the trademark O’Reilly “Talking Points Memo” delivered Scott Brown-style. Asked Mr. Brown: “Would President Reagan be called a ‘RINO” — a ‘Republican in Name Only’?” **snip**To borrow from Reagan: Well, Senator, there you moderates go again. How to answer Senator Brown? And for that matter how to answer recent attacks on Texas Senator Ted Cruz from ex-Bush aides Nicole Wallace (here, where Wallace accuses Cruz of “lying” to the American people) and Pete Wehner **snip** The Reagan record...

Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it [a] revitalized [] party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people? - Ronald Reagan (March 1, 1975 - 2nd Annual CPAC Convention) Can a true-blue all-round Conservative win in a Left-leaning state like Maryland? Judging from what happened to Bret Schundler last year in New Jersey, the conventional wisdom would suggest a strong "No". But ... I believe that Bret Schundler...