[TheRealThing]

If the result of conservative Senators keeping their campaign promises and refusing to support Obamacare Lite is "gridlock," then so be it. It is ridiculous to blame conservatives, who are sticking to their principles, for the failure of McConnell, Ryan, and the other RINOs in Congress to keep the promises that they made during the campaigns in which they posed as conservatives.

Trump needs to turn up the heat on the Republican leadership to send him a bill that he can sign with pride. There is no excuse for Republicans not to have had bills ready for Trump to sign on the day that he took office. It appears that the Republican leadership expected to be working with President Hillary Clinton on January 20. Like Jetpilot, it seems to me that McConnell and Ryan would prefer to be Minority leaders opposing a Democrat in the White House.

I'm not overly concerned about what you think is ridiculous. Especially in light of the fact that the voter just barely snatched this nation out of the jaws of insanity the last go round. I mean, have you bothered to listen to the things Dems have been saying of late? And then there is the little matter of the fact that Dems and stable sugar daddies the likes of Soros are behind all the anarchy dressed as peaceful protest, acts defended and their organizers wined and dined in the White House no less, by Obama himself. That being said, I probably shouldn't have included Mike Lee and Ted Cruz in my list but I'm holding my ground on Rand Paul.

There ain't no political worm hole here, Republicans won't be able to fold space, nor will they be able to turn back the clock. The mess is with us and all we can do is deal with it. You're right about the leadership, they leave a lot to be desired and I hope we can survive it somehow. Now, principles had not the first thing to do with the Dems and their 8 year run on sanity. Takers put them there and takers could put them back. To me the balance lies in the Republicans proving they are statesmen enough to take the steps which will bring voter confidence to themselves, staying in power long enough for the President's agenda to have a chance to work. That will mean the people's political decisions will be based on fact and not rhetorical gas.

The decline in which we find ourselves mired, did not occur overnight, and you can bet climbing back up on the rock of our national foundations will require reeducating the people, restoring Americanism ala the vision of Mark Levin and others, and that will take time. Time in which Republicans hold their majorities, and we can self govern our way back out of the welfare state mentality and back into the personal prosperity mentality.