Why should the Republicans in Congress do anything at all to help Democrats? The Democrats have total control of the Executive and Legislative branches of government, with a direct pathway to control the Federal Judicary as well, since their judges will essentially get through with token opposition. Let them do what they will. For anything that works they’ll get the credit, and for anything that doesn’t they have to should the blame. They Democrats are running the show now, thanks in large part to a Republican Party that looks at Conservatives as people to be purged from the Middle-of-the-Road Appeasing Centrist Moderate Independent Maverick Reach-Across-The-Aisle Bi-Partisan loving RINOS that gave us McCain, Dole, Bush 1 (and Bush 2, to be honest).
Bigger question is this: how long will the current minority of Republicans be as big as it is? You can bet ACORN aint goin’ nowhere, Republicans will be targeted in 2010 for even more defeats, thanks to the Obama revenue generator change.gov. These people currently in power have grand designs to never lose it again. Face it: we’re gonna get 20 million new “citizens” with an Amnesty Bill that will make what they tried to pass in 2005 look like a roadblock to citizenship. And all of these “newly minted citizens”, thanks to LaRaza translating for them that they have to vote for Democrats, will likely leave Republicans not only out in the political wilderness, but on the verge of extinction. The liberlas basically said as much this week. They see a huge opportunity to secure 1-party rule for all of our lifetimes - they are NOT gonna let that slip away. And because we had a Prez candidate that a lot of conservatives refused to support (with sound reasoning), we’re all gonna get the far worse of the two evils now.
America with a “c” is now gonna become Amerika with a “k”. And there’s not a lot Congressional Republicans are gonna be able to do about it procedure-wise. So let them do what they’re gonna do. The tipping point is gonna come from us (for as long as we’re permitted to speak out against The One), not the Republicans in the Congress.
I’d read a professor’s detailing about the rise and fall of any given Democracy. It’s decline is a result of voters figuring out they can vote themselves more and more benefits from the government treasury, cost free to them. When the demand for benefits outstrips the benefits themselves is the point the democracy collapses into a totalitarian dictatorship. And the life span of a Democracy in this process is about 200-300 years. So the USA is right on schedule. And this past election will be looked back on as the beginning of the end of what once was the freest nation on earth.
Because most of them are good Republicrats happily anticipating their next 40 yr. "wander in the wilderness" looking for crumbs (and golf dates) thrown their way by their Democrat buddies. The important thing is to fool the constituents, get re-elected, and keep their cushy jobs (and golf dates,) at least until they've built up a nice BIG retirement plan.