Tongue-tied Conservatives in Washington DC

Republicans in Washington DC just can't seem to get it together. They have a real problem confronting the outrageous actions of democrats. They may be in the minority but that shouldn't preclude them from speaking out. Even when they were the majority they were silent when it came to being critical of the outrageous leftist behavior. The brilliant Thomas Sowell labels this vacuum as the outrage imbalance:

Can you remember seeing a Republican expressing outrage? Democrats express outrage 24/7. Ted Kennedy alone has expressed more outrage than the entire Republican Party. Democrats can lie their way around the world before Republicans can manage to mumble the truth.
The case for conservatism cannot be too hard to articulate. Talk radio is dominated by articulate conservative talk show hosts. Even the liberal print media have some very articulate conservative columnists like Charles Krauthammer and others. There are also very articulate and conservative editorial pages at the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers, as well as similarly articulate conservative periodicals like City Journal, the Weekly Standard, and Commentary.
Only where it counts -- in Washington -- are conservatives tongue-tied. The reason for this is one of those mysteries that may never be solved.
Even some Republican leaders recognize it. Former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay said as much during a recent interview on the Rush Limbaugh show.
After rattling off a list of achievements by the House of Representatives when it was under Republican control, Mr. DeLay was asked why nobody knows about those achievements. He admitted that Republicans did a poor job of getting their story out.

So where's the outrage and why is there a dearth of it? It's what the republicans need right now. If not in Congress, for sure with a presidential candidate...an articulate conservative presidential candidate with some real outrage. Where is he? See what Professor Sowell has to say in the rest of his column.