I am not the most political person, but there are a couple of things that I understand in terms of politics. Minorities lose, fight to gain the Majority, Defend it until it is no longer possible. (Very uncivilized isn't it.)
Republicans are worried about losing their influence in the senate because their Majority is in jeopardy. The senator of Ohio is not going to run for re-election in 2010. Ohio is a swing state, so there is no way to tell if the Republicans will get another senator with the same beliefs.
This kind of fore thought is probably seen in politics as something really important, but is losing the majority needed to stop fillibusters that important, with the current issues in economics. Politician's should focus more on the people then worrying about not being able to stop old people talking.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/12/senate.republicans/index.html
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THe way i see it is that the republicans really dropped the ball during Bush's second term, with the Iraq war and the economic crisis and since they were definitely the majority during one of these crisis, i believe that it is only normal that they be blamed. Sometimes it is good to have a change, plus if something unfavorable happens during the Democratic reign in the next few years, the blame will be simply put on them.
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