.........you know, I absolutely agree with the THRUST of what you say! I would even add that, on principle, the 15 “true” conservatives, if they have been there longer than 12 years, should go.
That said, the Republicans to have one bragging point that we all need to keep in mind which is hard to find fault with. Namely, not one, in the House or Senate, voted for Obamacare.
AR legislature now has term limits; all the old bulls of both parties are gone. Anti-abortion laws were passed over the veto of Democratic Governor Mike Beebe. Both chambers are very conservative now, but there are grumblings about term-limited Speaker Davy Carter being “too close” to Beebe. Even a few places in eastern AR now have state Republican representatives.