When Connie Conway was elected to the Assembly, a colleague quipped that the former county supervisor was going "from the frying pan into the bonfire." Fast forward two years, and the one-liner seems prophetic as Conway assumes leadership of the Assembly Republican caucus while lawmakers brace for a new fight over billions in red ink. "I don't have to worry about the freezing weather," Conway quipped when asked about political heat at the Capitol. "I'm warm all the time." Conway, 60, takes the GOP reins at a time when Democrats control the Governor's Office, Assembly and Senate – and recent...