Articles written by Stephen Bryan

Stephen Bryan|Updated Oct 4, 2011

It's a sad time to be a Republican elected official these days, at least on the national stage. If you think a path different from the Tea Party approach would be better for the country, you voice the idea at peril of a "truer" conservative in your primary. If you don't pass the purity tests by voting the "right" way or don't sign the loyalty oaths and parrot the correct phrases (e.g., "job-killing taxes"), you're not a "real" Republican. For the last couple of decades the Republican Party has moved to purify itself.... Full story