Glad to see them include Nancy Pelosi in the line up of crazed sociopath Republicans! Even the Onion has to play fair and balanced.
The game can change overnight. So Democrats should not be dancing on the grave of the GOP just yet. Republicans have no intention of changing. They may now be busy changing the rules, using softer words and trying to better use technology, but that scorpion is going to sting that frog no matter, it is the nature of the Beast.
They know that one small thing cam change everything. A bullet, Watergate, Dukakis in a tank, Hart with a hottie, Iran hostages, or a recession can change the public in a heartbeat. But they do have to be careful, after all, the Impeachment of Bill Clinton had the opposite effect of what they intended. The harder they impeached the higher his numbers rose.
They have to most careful these days of Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. They are the most extreme Right-wing evangelical nutjobs we have ever had in the US Senate, they do well playing their libertarian game to fool and confuse a portion of the young vote. But both get 100% ratings from the NRA, Pro Life, Pat Robertson, etc… No abortion for any reason, no gun controls at all and the total destruction of the separation of church and state.