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This shows how blinded by ideology both parties are, and how shortsighted an ideology-driven group of very few people can become. What the GOP has to understand at this point is that it will take a scandal with consequences far beyond simple political fallout to lock the Democrats out of Congress and the white house for good, and that they are at risk of being in the same position as their oppenents are just a few years down the road.
Like it or not, slipping approval numbers for the Iraq war and the Bush administration mean that people in borderline red/blue states who are unlikely to look past a candidate's party in the first place are likely to replace some Congressional Republicans with Democrats in the 2006 election, potentially flipping the balance of power back to the Dems. With this distinct possibility in the near future, it would be in the best interest of the Republicans to take at least minimal actoin to ensure that they won't be shut out if they do lose control. On the other hand, I have my doubts as to whether either party (as a whole, not individuals,) ideologically driven as they are, would be willing to look that far ahead.
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