Mostly they need to keep the pitchforks in the barns along with the dopes that vote for them.
Do you know where your pitchfork is? I think yours is still in the barn.
I live in California where my conservative leanings mean squat, unfortunately. Nothing I can do about it. This state is gone. The rest of the country, not so much. You have an anti-conservative press willing to do their bidding. They will do everything in their power to pin this craphole economy on the GOP. I say, get a deal done, don’t let these jerkoffs do it. Do your biggest battle in 2012. Take a minor victory, take a major victory when we win the presidency in 2012 and the Senate, then you can get real reform done.