Reply #5: I think it's a combination of frustration and rage

[Warpy]

because I think he truly bought into Delay's fantasy of a permanent GOP majority in Congress. Now that we the people have taken that away from him, it's just not much fun any more. Not only is the poor blubbering baby working longer hours, he's having to accommodate people who don't buy a word of his bullshit.

I understand where he's coming from, the big wuss, but I find it very difficult to summon much compassion for him. Bad Buddhist.

I think the wave of retirements we're seeing among previously powerful GOPs are a symptom of this. Any one of them who has been assured a lucrative lobbyist or consulting job has already announced. The rest are still looking.

Evenutally, they'll leave to probate wills in Podunk. If these overgrown two year olds can't have everything their own way, they'll stamp their feet, burst into tears, and hold their breaths until they turn blue. Then they'll leave.