Now that the so-called “stimulus” bill is set to pass, I would like to pause for a moment and look at what the Republican Party has come too.  No longer is it recognized as the party of compromise; Nancy Pelosi found that out during the House vote, and Harry Reid found that out when only three Republican Senators came to the “compromise” meeting.  Republicans are sticking to their guns; they have changed from somewhat of a moderate whole with Conservative pieces, to a Conservative whole with moderate pieces.  Of course we must see how long this will hold, but when we begin to see the fruits of Conservatism budding all over Capitol Hill we can see that something is going right.  This, of course, has frustrated a number of Democrats on the Hill.  They were looking forward to a moderate party, the kind we saw before and during the election; but they looked in the wrong place.  All they found in the GOP Caucus were a bunch of Republicans with Conservatism on the brain.  We see this saga played out all across the Hill; members of the Democrat caucus angry with their colleagues on the other side of the aisle.  Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) personifies this attitude.  The Politico reports:

"They're not interested in building anything. Their only goal is seek and destroy. You can't have bipartisanship with only one side," said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.). "Once we put them back in the minority, they've gone back to the Gingrich model."

This is a perfect example of the fury of the angry Capitol Hill Democrat.  They are not mad because the Republican Party is Conservative, they are mad because the Republican Party is not willing to give in to their demands!  On top of this we must also allow the GOP to take as a complement that they have “gone back to the Gingrich model.”  When a Liberal Democrat recognizes that the GOP is going back to its Conservative past in order to make a Conservative present and future for itself, the Republicans must have done a really good job!  The little rendezvous between the Democrat Party and the Republican Party is over, and the Democrats are left aghast at their now opposing Congressional lover.  No longer will there be a submissive and smothered Republican message, the Republican Party will be heard loud and clear; after all even the Liberals can hear it!