"The Republicans talk about there being a sample ballot," he said.

Although many Republicans talk about small government, they rarely follow through.

Look at the way that Republicans are talking about education this year.

Meanwhile many Republicans are talking about simply raising more money.

A few Republicans who backed the speaker are not talking that hard a line.

The Republicans are not talking about any big issues so far.

The Republicans, after all, have been talking about family values for years.

When Republicans talk about big ideas on public policy they do well.

Republicans talk a lot about cutting waste from the Federal budget.

There is one factor in this that the Republicans don't much like to talk about publicly: race.