So You would rather we be back in the minority? Why don't you start a recall petition to unseat all so called RINO's
Maybe get GWB to resign and name Nancy Pelosi as his Successor. What a moral power play that would yelling and screaming from the back bench again.
You create then destroy these absurd straw men. Please deal with my comments and not these weird fantasy ideas. Recall petitions? Did I suggest that? Bush resign? Republicans in the minority? But also, I'm big enough to know that we'll probably end up there again soon, thats how politics works in the USA. Its hard to hold both houses and the presidency for a decade. Anyway, my sole suggestion is that it is OK to challenge incumbent RINOs in the primaries. To me, it is crucial. The ALTERNATIVE you imply is to always support incumbent Republicans because they are Republicans. This, I claim can and has led to a listless complacent Republican party with no ideology driving them except re-election. It also, arguable cost us the majority in the Senate for two years recently. If we had followed my advice we would have booted Leahey in a primary challenge and replaced him with a Conservative Republican. Even if that Republican lost the statewide in Vermont the R party would have known it needed to work harder elsewhere in the election to get the majority it wants.
In the last election there were already hints (threats) that if it was a one vote majority that another RINO would switch to the Dems. The majority was larger, so that didn't happen. RINOs are a dangerous and useless part of our coalition. We should replace them with real conservatives in primaries if we can. Yes there is risk in this approach, but the alternative is risky too. A neutered Republican machine that cares only for reelecting itself and is afraid to stand for anything or offend any segment.
Just out of curiosity what Republican sponsored legislation has passed since the new congress came in that makes you feel it's so important R's are in the majority? So far they have not done anything to differentiate them from the Dems by much. The judicial nominations are nice, but as I pointed out above it only takes a determined minority to make that ineffective. How many Republicans fillibustered Clinton's idiot apointees because they were too liberal? None.
We need to keep purging our party of RINO wimps until we have people as tough as Daschle, Gephardt, Leahey, Killary and the rest. They believe they are right and USE what ever power they have far more effectively than the congenial RINO contingent.
Lets see how the Assault Weapons Ban works out. That should be fun.