Once-Ler wrote above:
[[ The NEW GOP Majority - declaring itself an enemy to half the voters. ]]
That's because to approximately half of "the voters", a "GOP majority" IS "the enemy".
And they're going to remain the enemy regardless of what the GOP does in trying to "be nice".
So let them stand up and ACT LIKE they are opposing "an enemy" -- the enemy of the left and all that it represents!
von Clauswitz:
"War is merely the continuation of policy by other means."
Fishrrman:
"Politics is war waged through electoral means."
What the Pubbies need is a modern-day Lee Atwater...