“When the Republican Party is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism then clearly I would argue that we've lost our way.”

—  Bobby Jindal

"GOP Struggles for Salvation" http://www.statesman.com/insight/content/editorial/stories/insight/11/23/1123gopfuture.htm, Austin-American Statesman, November 23, 2008

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