Giving control of Congress to the liberals isn't tought love...it's pure stupidity.
The Problem as I see it was, the Republicans, have not done one thing, except line their own pockets.Aside from the War, I cannot recall one thing the Republicans have done . And the people don't like that.
So your objection is to the time table, not the result? The current GOP leadership was slipping further and further to the left on a daily basis. Its kind of like diving to get enough airflow over your control surfaces. Had we returned them we would probably have the same thing by 2008.