They folded.
They folded on Jan 5, 2011 - the day they took control of the House. They folded every time they voted for continued funding of Obamacare. They folded when they voted to do away with the debt ceiling, giving Obama a blank check to spend whatever he wanted. And they folded when they refused to pass a budget for each department on time, choosing instead to pass a temporary measure that expired just before the election, giving Democrats a powerful last-minute campaign tool. They folded when they voted to give Planned Parenthood a half a billion dollars to funnel directly into Democrat Party campaigns.
These Republicans are stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid. And they are just as much traitors to the Republic as are Democrats.