Different world then. Back then, the Dems figured the higher courts would overturn District Judges...not so much now, with Trump placing real conservatives, with RINOs supporting him, in pretty much all through the higher (i.e., Appellate) Courts.
Too bad for the Left, enough RINOs hung on to keep Republicans in the majority. Had the RINOs lost to Democrats, I doubt that Trump would have been able to place ANY judges on any court, including the SUPREME COURT.
So I’m glad to see that enough conservatives HELD THEIR NOSE and did the right thing in the November elections (voting for RINOs in the Senate) - or else Trump would be POWERLESS and the 2016 election would have been meaningless.
You're right - having the R by the name gives us power. RINO or not - it keeps us in the majority. I don't understand why people don't get it.