The first step for Congress is to try to defeat Dem and keep electing Republicans, so we have an overwhelming majority -- THEN we can start replacing RINOs with conservatives.
Replacing RINOs with Dems is cutting off our nose to spite our face.
In CA we can be glad we have moderate Republicans -- only 34% of the voters are registered Republican and the independents vote for Dems by a 2 to 1 margin. That's why all the statewide elected offices are filled with Dems -- with the exception of Arnold, who appointed one other Republican whose name escapes me at the moment.
It always astounds me that CA is represented by some of the worst people in Congress. The awful thing (to the rest of the country) is that these nutjobs that CA sends there have so much effect on the rest of us! The same can be said for the idiots that the east coast elects, MA in particular.