A more serious take: p'raps one of the things happening is that the lefties have been so undercut by the non-lefty actions of this centrist administration that the righties are just kinda settin' back laughin'.

One of my friends here is a life-long Republican who began to vote "Democrat" with the first 'W' 'election' ("I'm voting for the guy I think is best for the country, not my pocketbook"). I touched bases with him recently to see how happy he is with 'bama and he said: "The President is doing EVERYTHING I wanted of him."

I tend to agree. I never expected perfection. But I think he's shown some guts and some intelligence.

The Republicants are basically taking the position of complaining about ANYTHING the administration does without advocating anything solid on their own. It's kinda grimly amusing, reminiscent of how the antis treated FDR.