His office responds: “With every phone call and every meeting Congressman Blunt has with his colleagues, he is engaged in the vigorous debate over the future of our party. Congressman Blunt believes the most serious conversations at this crucial crossroads are best had in private, not in front of TV cameras. Over 117 of his colleagues like what they hear and are not at all bothered that he has taken his ideas directly to them and not Sunday talk show hosts.”