I won't link to the screed-fest that is the website known as RedState, but if you want to put on your galoshes and wander over there, you'll find this little gem:
Dear Republicans: No One Elected You to Work with Democrats
Essentially --
... a dangerous narrative began to take hold among the conservative talking heads on cable news and in the victory speeches of the victorious .... that now that the Republicans have control of both chambers of Congress, it is incumbent upon them to work with Obama and the other Democrats ...
...and the argument against it?
Let us review the bidding. Republicans ran this year on very little of substance. Their brand ID is still very underwater with the American public. There is no program right now that the American public is clamoring for the Republicans to undertake with one exception: they hate what President Obama is doing and they want Republicans to stop it.
Well, I'll grant them the first two, but the conclusion from the data at hand is off.
What is the preferred plan of action?
Not only should they not be worked with, they should not even be invited to the table to be part of the discussion lest their gangrenous, festering and destructive ideas should further infect our caucus .... Working with these people is not what America elected you to do, Republicans. It elected you to stop them. So for the sake of America, stop being so concerned about sounding “reasonable” to the talking heads on cable and get the buckets of flaming tar ready.
It's going to be a
long two years.