The Republicans--far as I can see--have lost their credibility. Certainly the Tea Party 'wing' of the Republican Party has. I think moderate Republicans will hold out for a few more weeks and then vote with Democrats and Independents. Moderate Republicans are not a blight on America. I think they are smart people with views that differ from mine. The Tea Party people are still in shock, along with the Kochs, that enough voters couldn't be bought to tip the election their way. The more they obstruct the more will there be voter resentment, and they will face devastating losses in two years. When they wake up to that fact, your country might begin a trip back to something resembling sanity. The Palins, Bachmanns, Coulters, Romneys, Ryuns and Kochs have no more place in your system. They are beginning to see that. I sure hope so, anyway.