I guess the owners of the Dem/GOP farce think it is time for the old party flip-flop ploy. Watch the GOPers seek out every opportunity to self destruct. Government scripted like a Hollyweird soap opera; even the new stuff seems like reruns.
Oh, I don't know...the current Dem crowd has a genius for electoral failure.
The ultimate would be for the Dems to gain seats, but not enough to gain control...say, 10 seats...and that would wake the GOP up a bit.