i used to think republicans stood for change too i supported them for 10 years based on their promise to bring change..the only change i get now is now they no longer promise the sweeping cuts that brought them to power in the first place, but now they do spend like money is free and why not they don't feel the pain of working for it. now it's all testing various theories on governance none of which has to do with giving up the smallest part of their power now that they have it. I don't feel loyalty towards them anymore and i suspect that others who backed the party in 94 are also having second thoughts
Again, I didn't state the Republicans stand for change.
The President stands for change.
Most politicians stand for the status quo and I don't care if they are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Communist, or whatever.
They have to be pushed to institute change and the Republican Party is the only heavy weight that has the open climate that makes that possible. I don't accept defeatism, and if the grassroots accept that attitude, there will never be change.