The term `` Republican leadership '' has become the biggest oxymoron in politics . Senator Steve Israel says the Republicans ' new leaders have same party priorities . Democrats : Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise were elected on pledges of fealty to the tea party . Republicans , he says , just replaced one leader of the GOP shutdown with another .
Senator Steve Israel says the Republicans ' new leaders have same party priorities . Democrats : Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise were elected on pledges of fealty to the tea party . Republicans , he says , just replaced one leader of the GOP shutdown with another .