You may have thought that the drubbing Republicans received in the recent election would have prompted party leaders to think more warily about promoting policies that nauseate the voting public.
You would be wrong. We know this from an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal under the name of Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. The piece appeared Nov. 10, two days after the vote, when congressional leadership was still up in the air.
The smart money, however, was already wagering that Democrats would retain their Senate majority, at least, and that although the GOP might win a House majority, it would be nowhere near as large as was expected.
