I expect my elected Republican congressmen and senators to stand up to the death cult. Filibuster, fight, and if legislation passes, a swift veto.
And if they decide to wimp out, then my checkbook closes.
I would save my money. Each time the Republicans had someone that would standup and go nose to nose and toe to toe with the Democrats, the Republicans would themselves get rid of them.
Tom Delay and Newt Gingrich come to mind.
Newt was before my tome on Free Republic but with Tom,probably close to half the posts on the Delay threads wer of the good riddance type.
The best way to not be disappointed by the Republicans is not expect too much from them.
This I learned the hard way.
In 2004 I fell for the line "Elect Republicans so we can get Conservative judges confirmed". I did what I could and Republicans were elected.
What happened? Frist says we are not going to change any Senate rules, we can work with the Democrats. Then John McCain and a few other Republicans emascalate President Bush with the gang of 14 deal. True we got a few judges but not near as many as we could have. Then there is the Spectre deal.