… “The most important challenge the party faces is restoring its brand in the eyes of the voters,” said John Feehery, a former aide to Newt Gingrich. “If we don’t restore our brand by getting stuff done, we’ll be handing the White House to Hillary Clinton.” That means compromise and bipartisanship — at least enough to demonstrate that Republicans know how to govern.
But the reality is that the new crop of Senate Republicans, many of them from the party’s most conservative edge, will have won by running against Obama. And in so doing, they have pledged themselves to relentless confrontation. CONT.
Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times