Ever hear of good cop; bad cop? They been playing that game for decades.
I think the GOPe Senate and cronies people are being paid and promised that they will be paid. I think this is all about money. Not power so much as money. That, too, though.
Imagine if the GOPe Senators are being promised some sort of position in an 0bama dictatorship that eliminates the House. And impeachment.
All this was planned. From the get go.