[goldfinch]

Yep. Being a minority party is just what we need. It worked so well for us in the past.

You obviously are clueless about how the Democrats were able to move the country so far to the left. The Democrats were willing to hold their noses and vote for people who were not ideologically pure...because they knew, over time, they could move the country in the direction they wanted.

Conservatives don't seem to be able to exercise that same kind of self-control. They put idealogical purity ahead of incremental progress...and they will lead the GOP back to minority status and will allow the Democrats to continue to move the country to the left.

[Texas Federalist]

They put idealogical purity ahead of incremental progress...

The problem with your argument is that we haven't gotten incremental progress under the Republicans. They have pushed us steadily leftward. The only time the leftward progression of government was halted was during the times when there was a split government.

[maxter]

It's called principle.