1) Will you defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an organization which is your sworn enemy?
2) Will you maintain the current debt ceiling?
3) Will you refuse to bailout any states?
Failure on any of these three issues will convince me that the US House is not serious about cutting spending. Mind you, I want them to do a lot more than just these three things, but these I consider absolute no-brainer items. If they can't do these things, then they can't do anything.
You are right, and none of these three sensible steps will be undertaken. The American people will be fooled again.
Fwiw, I would rephrase the first bquestion...they are an enemy of our constitutional form of government...not jjust a party.