It's even more simple than that.
Power comes from elections. Candidates who become Members gain power from the People.
When they abuse their power, especially when it is shown that they have lied to gain it, it's very important for their power to be taken away.
That taking away the power of these fraudulent "republicans" involves the election of Democrats is very unfortunate, but, ces't la guerre.
To fail to punish the current majority for their defalcations is a repudiation of republicanism and the principles on which this country is founded.
And to permit this majority to go on, with their bloated staffs and their anti-constitutional agenda, is to delay the emergence in this nation of a real opposition.
"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"
Exactly - sometimes you have to take 1 step back to take 10 steps forward.
City Hall can't open fast enough tomorrow for me to rid myself of my chosen "Republican" party affiliation...not that it matters in Massachusetts. Now the state will be down to four Republicans if none of the other five have decided that enough is enough.
I don't vote Democrat as it is, but I'll be hard pressed to vote Republican again. They've sold us out one too many times.
Any Republican who supports this legislation deserves what he or she gets...be it in 2006, 2008, or 2010.