They are working in a very hostile environment - the media burying them at every turn. I know: either you are principled or you are not, but that is easy said than done.
I still think humans are weak. Congressmen are humans. They are influenced and slowly drift to the left, especially if they don’t get the votes from their own constituents. We keep letting the Dems elected either intentionally or otherwise. We are contributing to the current Dem majority and control. Once they are in control, it is even harder for any Rep, principled or not, to fight them. If they are always the minority due to our own actions, they are more apt to become more like the dems, and we don’t shoulder some of the blames, rather we just blame them and not do anything to help.
we can't even expect them to do anything for the conservative cause when they do have the majority.
Did you catch Rove last week telling us basically don't expect the GOP Congress to do anything when we win and are in the majority? What does that tell you? It tells me he is doing the dirty work for the party, lowering expectations, so that the individual senators don't get flack when they do nothing for their constituency .
additionally with that pronouncement he may make even more republican voters stay home.
rove is no good. I won't vote GOP at least until Rove is gone. I have no faith in these elections anymore.