[TheRealThing]

Republicans thrashed Democrats in the last round of elections. The current leadership has proven to be as incapable of governing with complete control of Congress as it was when Democrats controlled the U.S. Senate. The problem, IMO, is that GOP leadership lacks political courage, integrity, and vision. Boehner and McConnell should both step aside and let some real leaders take over but they would rather continue to stab conservatives in the back and "work with" Democrats.

Remember how much Republican leaders like Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole managed to get done with Democrats in the White House. Today's Republicans have it relatively easy compared to the obstacles that those two men faced. Boehner and McConnell are glass half empty kind of guys. They are simply too worried about avoiding failure to have any chance of succeeding.

In a nutshell, current GOP leadership sucks and there is no excuse for it.

Still better than Reid and Pelosi I would think. Dick Morris has a book out entitled "Power Grab." Among his stated concerns was the charge that the Democrats are trying to make the US a one party nation. That would answer a lot.

If the US is entering a political era in which the only way anything can be accomplished is when one party has the White House as well as both congressional houses, we're in very big trouble. In my mind, Republicans are still trying to show some respect, while many Dems are not. It would be one thing to remodel one's house while he yet lived there. Quite another to tear the house completely down with no other place to live. Likewise, the ebb and flow of a Congress in the throes of voter remodeling is an aggravation, but we can still live here. We have a two party political system in this land, if we manage to destroy our system of government in tearing it completely down, I would guess our problems would be far more severe than the ones we gripe about on this forum.