Hard to believe that Repubs have not gotten the message already. They just have not acted upon it.
That's my point: one doesn't reward bad behavior and voting for the Repubs in 2006 is exactly that. That's no way to get the bad behavior changed. (Of course, the Dems are far worse and if (when) the Dems get back in power, they'll make an absolute mess of everything.)
Sadly, that's perhaps the only way to get the attention of those enthralled with American Idol-TomKat-Charlie Sheen's Mental State-Oprah. Sometimes nothing works as an attention getter except a 2 x 4 upside the head. And that's what'll happen when the Dems take over.