Pehaps.
It does seem to be true that the Republican Party that, in 1994, came into power in the House by promising smaller, more open government that was more responsive to the people, has changed.
The Senate has always the the home of elitists. One example is John McCain. He has always been arrogant, hot tempered, and slick. He is the one Republican who has most successfully sucked up to the media elite even as he teamed up with Feingold to pass the most outrageous unconstitutional infringement on free political speech since the Alien and Sedition Acts.
But the most shocking evidence of change in the House Republicans was Dennis Hastert’s insane claims of House Members’ immunity from court approved searches for evidence of crimes.
It is not only unsupportable in a legal and Constitutional sense, but it is a leading candidate for the stupidest political move of the year. He managed to turn a Democrat corruption scandal into a reason for Republicans to doubt their congressional leaders’ sanity and honesty.
As Steyn says:
After all, the GOP's 1994 Contract with America stated pretty plainly that henceforth "all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress."
But that was a long time ago, wasn't it?
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