How the mighty future leadership of the Republican party has fallen.
It's hard to believe that a mere five years ago, the three men pictured above were being touted as the future of the Republican party. As
Time Magazine's politics editor Ryan Teague Beckwith
notes, it has been nothing but downhill ever since for the trio of conservative leaders. The future of the party—Paul Ryan (lost as VP on Romney ticket), Eric Cantor (lost in shocking primary defeat, out of Congress), and Kevin McCarthy (withdrew from Speaker race).
So, let's flashback to the now hilarious video advertisement that was released to promote the Young Guns Book: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders book and the brave new faces of the conservative revolution. It's probably the best laugh you'll have all day.
By the way, if you visit the website listed in that ad, it is nothing but an empty shell of a site with a "donate" button. Much like the men featured in the ad.