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Republican party, the migration of the republican party, the migration of ideology since the time of, to name a prominent house republican, bob michael, who represented the kind of mainstream viewpoint of so much of his side of the aisle, who worked with his friend and part-time enemy, tip o neill. we have come such a long way in so few years, really, since then. sure. that was just 1994 when the speakership, at least the leadership of the republican party went to the new speaker, newt gingrich. in gingrich s argument, that was one of the big moments in house history and congressional history. no longer should republicans have a leader like bob michael who gets to have that job because he s so good at working across the aisle and making deals with democrats. make me speaker and i will hold the line and get other republicans to hold the line and we ll really have a lot of confrontation, and that has been ....