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There's one big flaw in that argument. If the Republicans control the House anyway, then what difference does it make who controls the Senate?

The bigger problem relates to the travesty unfolded late in 2013 when Ted Cruz made his heroic stand against ObamaCare with his infamous Senate filibuster. Some of his harshest critics were OTHER REPUBLICANS. What the hell is the point of sending Republicans to Washington if they aren't even on the same page on such a high-profile issue like that?

If the Republicans control the House anyway, then what difference does it make who controls the Senate?

Two issues:

The Senate confirms nominees (including SCOTUS). Since Harry Reid already has taken the nuclear option, it only takes 51 votes to confirm.

Again, I have no fantasies that Mitch McConnell has an inner tea partier who will oppose each and every nominee that Øbama proposes, but if the GOP (even the GOP^e) controls committee chairmanships, it will limit how radical the appointees are. They will cooperate with ostentatiously mid-line Dhim nominees, but there is a lot greater chance that they will oppose hard-line radicals than Reid would. With federal judiciary appointments, as we have all seen, this is ABSOLUTELY important.
Treaty ratifications. Since the nuclear option has been done with appointments, there is no reason to believe that Reid wouldn't pull the nuclear trigger for treaty ratifications. Treaties stand right after the Constitution in their precedence. Again, I shudder to think what would happen if Harry Reid is the one who determines what should or should not be ratified.

>> The bigger problem relates to the travesty unfolded late in 2013 when Ted Cruz made his heroic stand against ObamaCare with his infamous Senate filibuster. Some of his harshest critics were OTHER REPUBLICANS . <<

And some of his staunchest supporters were OTHER CONSERVATIVES like Mike Enzi and Pat Roberts, but that didn't stop numerous freepers from demanding their heads on a platter during the next primary, or even rooting for a marxist Demcorat to defeat them in the general election in order to "teach the GOP a lesson"

So clearly it doesn't matter to these "Tea Party patriots" whether their Republican Senator is part of the Ted Cruz wing of the party or not. EITHER WAY, they'll oppose them simply because they're an incumbent.

No wonder the RATs win when we have "conservatives" vowing to defeat their most reliable allies in Washington.