As a true conservative, I believe the republicans let us all down with their cowardice. The republicans ran the legislature for 12 years and also the presidency for 6, what have they done for us. They allowed the democrats who were the minority party to control the dialogue with illegal filibusters that could have ended if they would have had the testes to do so. Not much difference now days between the republicrats and the demicans. Both parties are beholden to the special interests that send the money. Federal politics does not allow someone to win on their own merits. The money is so great, that if a politician bucks his or her party on a moral stand they will have a very difficult time getting re-elected. The only way to stop this is to follow George Washington's lead and enact term limits.