Whatever happened to the Conservative drive to get term limits inacted? Why is the obvious so tough for this nation realize and do something about? The elevation of illegal to legal status of so many people and things, like abortion, RKBA, etc. is assanine, object-stupidity.
I don't think all of these republican senators were "intimidated" by the marches, after all, most of those folks in the march are not able to vote legally (and would never vote GOP anyway). It is just an excuse by elites to ignore the general will.
There are two kinds of governments in the world: The first kind, fortunately there aren't as many as there used to be, oppress their people. This is a fool's errand, and such governments fail sooner or later. The SECOND kind is smarter; this kind of government does not oppress its people, it merely IGNORES them, and largely does the bidding of elites and certain interest groups. This is what we have in the USA today--a representative republic that doesn't represent. You see it in illegal immigration policy, outsourcing, health insurance, even the war in Iraq. There is a cartoon "happy bunny" popular with young people who says insensitive things for a laugh. One of his catchphrases is "I know how you feel, I just don't care." This is the attitude of the US government (all 3 branches) and the American elite toward the population at large.