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<blockquote data-quote="mons meg" data-source="post: 938561" data-attributes="member: 90">Little birds tell me things.&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" data-shortname=";)" />Or, you can just ask Mr Shooter...I&#039;m sure he&#039;ll back me on this one.&nbsp;&nbsp; the problem is we have Republican majorities, but the caucus itself is divided into roughly three camps as I see it:1)&nbsp; Actual conservative Republicans and Libertarians who run as Republicans. (Murphey, Ritze, Brogdon...yes I know he&#039;s a Senator but you get my meaning)2)&nbsp; What I call COC (Chamber of Commerce) Republicans who may have conservative voting records, but are careful what they get to vote on, i.e. talk a good game but don&#039;t stick their necks out. (Tibbs, Speaker Benge)3)&nbsp; RINO-why-are-you-even-pretending types (Lee Denney).&nbsp; May have been &quot;real&quot; Republicans once upon a time, or campaigned that way but haven&#039;t voted the &quot;right&quot; way for some time.Group number 1 is willing to actually pursue a course of action designed to achieve a greater degree of freedom amidst the proper role of government.&nbsp;&nbsp; they usually are easy to reach and willing to talk to their constituents in other than form-letter format.&nbsp; Group 2 wants to pursue &quot;economic development&quot; while group 1 understands you wouldn&#039;t have to if taxes were low, and government wasn&#039;t up in everyone&#039;s bidness.&nbsp;&nbsp; Group 3 is usually beholden to some other master like higher ed lobbys, etc and don&#039;t represent the population, but the power base.I&#039;m grossly oversimplifying this, of course, and welcome discussion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mons meg, post: 938561, member: 90"] Little birds tell me things. ;) Or, you can just ask Mr Shooter...I'm sure he'll back me on this one. the problem is we have Republican majorities, but the caucus itself is divided into roughly three camps as I see it: 1) Actual conservative Republicans and Libertarians who run as Republicans. (Murphey, Ritze, Brogdon...yes I know he's a Senator but you get my meaning) 2) What I call COC (Chamber of Commerce) Republicans who may have conservative voting records, but are careful what they get to vote on, i.e. talk a good game but don't stick their necks out. (Tibbs, Speaker Benge) 3) RINO-why-are-you-even-pretending types (Lee Denney). May have been "real" Republicans once upon a time, or campaigned that way but haven't voted the "right" way for some time. Group number 1 is willing to actually pursue a course of action designed to achieve a greater degree of freedom amidst the proper role of government. they usually are easy to reach and willing to talk to their constituents in other than form-letter format. Group 2 wants to pursue "economic development" while group 1 understands you wouldn't have to if taxes were low, and government wasn't up in everyone's bidness. Group 3 is usually beholden to some other master like higher ed lobbys, etc and don't represent the population, but the power base. I'm grossly oversimplifying this, of course, and welcome discussion. [/QUOTE]

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