Easily - by not allowing the Democrats to seize control of the Congress.
Yes, because remember politics is a team sport. 'We' have to be in control instead of 'they'.
I vote for who will represent my views best at the federal level. As a limited government Classical Liberal who believes the federal government has overstepped its bounds time and again into the affairs of the separate and sovereign states I vote the way my conscience and not the ways others would have me to. I don't care about their party affiliation but base my vote on how they state they will represent my views in Congress. If that person fails to do so at the next election I don't vote for them.
Don't worry, I vote when the time is upon us. I rarely vote for Senatorial or Presidential elections (as that was not the original intent) but I do vote.
Name the last President to hold Congress his final two years. Bush did better than most. You have NO argument.