"...slumped over dead on top of the presents."

Jonah Goldberg elucidates precisely my disaffection with Republicans these days:

The rub of it, from a conservative perspective, is that Republican control of the House doesn't equal conservative control. It may not seem that way to liberals who think Joe Lieberman is right wing, but from the vantage point of the conservative movement, GOP dominance has been an enormous disappointment - good judicial appointments and tax cuts notwithstanding. Our hopeful joy upon the 1994 takeover of Congress was like finding a new pony by the Christmas tree. Now it's more like finding it slumped over dead on top of the presents.

What a hilarious word picture!

Bring on the Democrats, indeed. Some have argued (well, in my estimation), that the Federal Government operates most effectively with a Democrat in the White House and Congress (both houses) controlled by Republicans. I'm not certain which is the ideal makeup, but certainly much is better than today.