*Former* Representative Joe Knollenberg proves why.

Cavuto asked Knollenberg: “When the housing industry CEOs come to you and say, ‘You know, [if] we go under and all the ancillary businesses – the dishwasher manufacturers, the washer-and-dryer manufacturers, the Lowe’s and the Home Depots that vastly depend on our being alive and vibrant – if we go under, there’s hell to pay. And then the textile manufacturer comes to you and says, ‘If we go down, there’s hell to pay.’ And on and on and on we go. Where do you draw the line with our money?”

“It is not your money,” said Knollenberg.

Cavuto screamed back, “It is! It is taxpayers money!”

Can the party “leadership” explain to me why people would want to vote for Republican right now when there’s barely a dimes worth of difference between them and the Democrats?

Could the party “leadership” explain to me why the Senate’s most liberal Senator managed to co-op the lower taxes issue from the GOP?

Could the party “leadership” explain to me why they allowed their primaries to get taken over by ne’er-do-wells who took them over to get Bob Dole 2.0 to the head of the ticket?

Could the party “leadership” explain to me why they’ve allowed the Democrats to get the upper hand on EVERY damn issue since 2006?

If this party doesn’t get its act together, that mythical permanent progressive majority running this country for decades may still come true.