reaganyouth, the first of the two links you provided inadvertently spelled out what will be the downfall of the Republican Party. I know, I know, you were just joking, but indulge me a little here....

As much vitriol as is spewed out about "Democratic leaders," your link is correct. They are not leading anything right now. The modern conservative movement has gained its momentum by generating a manic rage against a "liberal establishment." When Congress was teeming with a corrupt and arrogant Democratic leadership, the conservative movement was successful in putting Newt Gingrich in charge. Then they replaced Bill Clinton with George Bush....then they swelled the ranks of hard-right ideologues in Congress...somewhere in between they created their own media so that conservatives don't have to hear any news story or editorial that doesn't concur with their pre-conceived notion of reality...and now they're ridding the courts by trading in one brand of "activist judge" for another. The problem is.....the movement is running out of bogeymen to blame society's ills on.....and that's a pretty big consequence of absolute power when the entire movement is built on foaming-at-the-mouth anger about a "liberal establishment" that has been thoroughly dismantled.