(Of course, the GOP leaders rarely fail to shoot themselves in the foot by trying to play "nice" with the Dems, so it all evens out.)
You know it and I know it, but right now it is working to our advantage in the forum of public opinion. We're not giving Daschle, Gephardt, Gore, etc any ammunition to destroy another one of our good packmules (ie; Gingrich).
I get SICK TO DEATH of seeing us fight and the media twist our better efforts into "The Republicans are MEAN SPIRITED" all because we call for fairness on both sides of the ball. They got their Watergate & keep trying to live off it successfully but they deny us of a Whitewater or a Monicagate with every fiber of their being, and when the smoke clears, WE'RE the ones that looked bad BOTH TIMES (go figure that one out).
It may be sucking up to play nice for the time being but it takes away their ability to properly aim their cannons at anything but their own tents!