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There have been too many instances of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, as though actually slaying a rampaging dragon, now pulled down to the ground, would be bad form for a knight.

I keep hearing this over and over again but I cannot for the life of me think of a single instance where what you say is true. Give me an example of where Republicans have had the political power to "win" and have backed off from victory? I think this is something that's repeated over an over again so that in the minds of many it's true when it really isn't true. So give me some examples.

How about - Republicans Rebuke Effort to Defund Health Care Law | 2/15/2011 | Chad Pergram | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2673880/posts
There is no provision more onerous to conservatives than the health law. So if the GOP is set to cut spending, why not shave the money set aside to implement the health law, too?

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) planned to do just that, which would in turn cripple all government operations devoted to executing the health law. In other words, if there’s no money, the government can’t carry out the policy.

And that’s when King ran into a buzz saw run by Virginia Foxx and the rest of the Republicans on the House Rules Committee.

Here’s one. ***The Manager’s Amendment*** (SA 4188), offered by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), to S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006. The Manager’s Amendment made many minor changes to S. 2611, none of have significant numeric impacts on the overall bill. However, the Manager’s Amendment included a provision that requires consultation with the government of Mexico concerning the construction of additional fencing and related border security structures along the international border between the United States and Mexico. This would virtually guarantee that the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border would never be completed. The Manager’s Amendment passed by a vote of 56 to 41.

http://profiles.numbersusa.com/improfile.php3?DistSend=CA&VIPID=46

"There have been too many instances of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, as though actually slaying a rampaging dragon, now pulled down to the ground, would be bad form for a knight."

I keep hearing this over and over again but I cannot for the life of me think of a single instance where what you say is true. Give me an example of where Republicans have had the political power to "win" and have backed off from victory? I think this is something that's repeated over an over again so that in the minds of many it's true when it really isn't true. So give me some examples.

Uh, I never said anything like that in this thread (and certainly not in Post #18). But I'll bite anyway - the RINOs in the Senate caved into Bill Clinton and the anti-gun Dems in passing both the Brady Bill and also the "Assault Weapons Ban" in the mid-'90s. There are seemingly ALWAYS 3 or 4 RINO Senators that vote with the Dems and really let some screwball laws get passed.

But, again, I never said any such thing in this thread.