[algernonpj]

I'm not following you. How does playing doormat to the Dems get them their "piece of the action"?

By not rocking the boat, by 'reaching across the aisle', by not doing anything substantive to stop their sidling to the left, the republicans get to share in the spoils-corruption / buy-offs (aka campaign contributions) / living the good life at the expense of American taxpayers.

[DustyMoment]

That doesn’t make sense. They are currently the target of conservatives’ enmity and disdain. Why on earth would they pursue such a self-defeating action??

I don’t deny that the GOP hasn’t lived “the good life at the expense of American taxpayers”, but it isn’t paying off for them in a good way.