We can do something to hold Obama’s feet to the fire that the Republicans will never do for us in Romney’s case: IMPEACH THE CORRUPT CRONY BASTARD!! And it’s really the only way you can hold a president’s feet to the fire.
If it hasn’t happened so far, not likely to. Not without strong leaders as a majority in both houses of Congress — and I don’t see that on the horizon since true statesmen appear to be few and far between in today’s climate.
None of them have been Republicans.
History shows that Republicans are quite willing to impeach presidents instead.
Regarding such people, most minds leap instantly to Bill Clinton ~ but he's rather dull compared to President Johnson ~ quite possibly the Republican party's first non-Whig RINO
This guy converted from Democrat to Lincoln's running mate in the 1864 campaign without batting an eye ~ he made every promise to every group though. Even convinced some top drawer Radical Republicans (the Freedom loving element of politics in those days ~ people like those you find at Free Republic) that he was one of the good guys.
Then he screwed up everybody and everything. As a former Senator other Senators were loathe to vote to convict him, so he wasn't convicted ~ but he was shur 'nuff impeached by the Republican controlled House. Lincoln, though, was murdered by your typical unreconstructed Democrat ~ a man much like Nancy Pelosi ~ given to make-up and facial reconstruction ~ and he imagined everyone just loved him too!
Good write up on Johnson at http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjohnsonA.htm ~ he had a career much like that of Mitt Romney.
Best time to get rid of such folks is at the Convention before the votes. What we don't need is another RINO we have to impeach!