Yeah, those threats worked with the bailout bill, right?
Face it, the elected officials of today don't give a brass penny what WE The PEOPLE think. We are only assets to them. We are their sheep, bleating on the way to slaughter.
The bailout was pushed so close to Nov. 4 there was not enough time to find and back a true conservative. In republican areas people only had the choice of a Republican who voted for it or a Democrat. They chose the lesser of two evils...as we had to do in the Presidential race.
But, with the Supreme Court appointments there is a great deal more time for scrutiny and time afterwards to find a true conservative to run against them the next time they are up for re-election.