If, that is to say IF the Democrats are routed in the house races, well and truly crushed, the defections will come from the Democrat side.
Enough of them will want to keep their jobs that they will defy a tattered and discredited leadership. My fear is that the Republicans will be as idle and vapid as when they did hold a commanding majority.
I TOTALLY agree on the two points of emphasis you raise - defunding HealthControl and ‘stimulus’.
When they did hold a commanding majority? You need 60 votes in the Senate to end debate in order to get anything new and significant done.
“My fear is that the Republicans will be as idle and vapid as when they did hold a commanding majority.”
Republicans never held a commanding majority during the Bush administration. Conservatives have NEVER held a commanding majority during my life (and I’m pretty old).
By “commanding”, I mean able to pass stuff over a concerted rat and RINO filibuster. Even that majority would not necessarily be enough to pass legislation over a presidential veto.