The GOP is intimated by the thug Dems. Remember when Reid leaked those private emails from Boehner’s staff RE the Vitter amendment? Boehner did NOTHING in reply. He has been in DC decades and must have a waitress sandwich or two on his resume. Boehner is compromised and never hits back hard when the Dems go nuclear.
With what we know about the NSA, there’s probably not a Republican in DC they don’t have the goods on.