
Could you imagine the screeching that would go out from the Traditional Media if the Blue Dog Democrats were scared of the Progressive Caucus? But whackjobs like Cantor and Pence getting to set the tone for the Republicans? No problem.
Moderate House Republicans "are more worried about the pressures from their right, where the Republican Study Committee is taking names and conservatives are raising the prospect of primary challenges, than about potential fallout from opposing a popular president," reports CQ Politics.
CQ Weekly has a must read piece on the Republican Study Committee, "the caucus of the most rightward thinking members of the House."