◼ The Republican Party is already at war with itself, but its fight is spreading. This time it's not conservatives versus moderates. The new feud, exacerbated by the government shutdown, is between Republicans inside the Beltway and those on the outside. - Rebecca Berg/Washington Examiner
Led by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, the governors launched a media blitz they say is needed to limit the damage "dysfunctional" Republicans in Washington are inflicting on the GOP brand and to show voters that -- on the state level, at least -- Republican leaders are translating conservative principles into policies that resolve the problems of real people.
"We've got 30 Republican governors," Jindal, the head of the Republicans Governors Association, said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program. "We said we're going to to stop outsourcing our brand to Washington, D.C., because if you want to see conservative ideas being applied, it's not happening in D.C. It's happening in our state capitals."
