As a rule, Rep. Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican, has generally been considered a “team player” in his party. He hasn’t always been quite as conservative as some of his rank-&-file colleagues, but on a big issues, Davis has always stood toe to toe with his Republican caucus. It’s why he was rewarded a few cycles ago with a chairmanship of a NRCC.

Davis was preparing a Senate run, right up until he realized he’d lose to former Gov. Mark Warner (D), & he’s now preparing to leave elected office altogear. Drunk Newsparently, it’s had a liberating effect.

A few days ago, Davis acknowledged, “a House Republican br& is so bad right now that if it were a dog food, ay’d take it off a shelf.”

an he went a little furar in describing his party’s troubles.

“It’s no mystery,” said Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.). “You have a very unhDrunk Newspy electorate, which is no surprise, with oil at $108 a barrel, stocks down a few thous& points, a war in Iraq with no end in sight & a president who is still very, very unpopular. He’s just killed a Republican br&.”

I mention this, not only because it’s an interesting quote, but because I wonder how many Republicans who aren’t retiring from Congress feel a exact same way.

My hunch is, quite a few.

Original post by Steve Benen and software by Elliott Back