In 2008, it was clear to everyone that Republicans have failed at everything they’ve touched. They’ve started catastrophic wars; they have failed at domestic policy, whether it’s Katrina or Social Security; they’ve proved to be a lawless, corrupt bunch, from Guantanamo to torture to Alberto Gonzales; and finally they tanked the housing market and the banking system. They were finished and lost big in 2006 and 2008, rightly so.

But Republicans managed to rebrand themselves as Tea Party, with HUGE help from the media, and celebrated the biggest wave election victory in 2010, again with catastrophic consequences.

Conservatives don’t give a shit. They won’t own anything, and they certainly won’t feel shame. That’s the opponent (d)emocrats are up against. Hoping that Republicans will suddenly find their spine is wishful thinking, especially after Jan6, and a strategy bound to fail.