Republicans are the biggest bunch of gutless weenies. They are scared to death of Dummycrats and prefer to play defense while getting their faces continually pushed into the mud. Hard to figure.
I think they crave the power, and loathe the seeming vacuum they would be pressed into if they did something sensible.
Of course this attitude mightily disses the Lord, from whom all good sense comes.
May be that if we turn back to the Lord and God has mercy, our political salvation will look a lot like Tea Party, whether it establishes its own party or manages to pull the GOP back in its direction.