I think you are reading a bit much into the use of "Republican" in the blog title. Headlines all the time are written in the form of "Democrats say..." or "Repu

I think you are reading a bit much into the use of "Republican" in the blog title. Headlines all the time are written in the form of "Democrats say..." or "Republicans report ..." and so on. No one gets confused into thinking that that some sort of roll-call vote has been taken or that a 'consensus' has been reached by all party members.