"Here's my plea to Republicans. Don't be Bart Stupak. Don't stand up like King Kong, thumping your chest in defiance of an administration you think has gone wrong, and then, when the pressure builds and a deception offers you a way out, run off like a chimp chased by a roaring lion.

For a while, this Democratic representative from Michigan was a hero, at least to some. He was standing on principle, and nothing could make him budge. He and 10 other Democrats he spoke for would vote against the health care bill in the House and thereby defeat it unless some language was restored. He wanted it made absolutely clear there would be no federal funding for abortions. Period. End of story."

Ambrose, a syndicated columnist, alludes to the possibility that there are forces within the Republican party that might temper the resolve of those GOP candidates who are pledging to repeal, remove or otherwise disable the offensive legislation that Stupak helped pass.  His plea essentially is live up to your words, live up to the standard with you are placing yourself under, and don't become just another Stupak, ending with:

"There's a lesson here for Republicans. Lately, they've mostly been talking as if outraged by this health care monstrosity, vowing to find a way someday to repeal it and figuring on standing up generally to Obama's runaway spending and his plans for a European-style welfare state, but what's that I am beginning to hear - some softening of the stance? Could be. The Left is going after the Republicans with all the vitriol at its ample command, saying as one of its less offensive offerings that they are the party of no.

I hope they are. I hope Republicans will keep saying no to catastrophe and ruin, no to keeping a law that has already cost businesses billions of dollars, that has already caused planners to drop plans for 60 new hospitals, that one organization says will create a massive doctor shortage and that is expected to start sending health insurance premiums further skyward any day now.

We've seen you buckle before, Republicans. Don't do it again. Don't emulate Bart Stupak, thereby letting the country down and paying the same price he did."

Indeed, we have seen Republicans buckle..  

We know of some who could care less..  One being "Republican" governor wannabe Rick Snyder, who refused to sign an initiative that merely reaffirms Michigan's sovereignty under the tenth amendment.  He isn't very "Republican" which by its very name implies "rule of Law."  And law, based upon the foundation provided by our constitution is necessary for our liberties..  So Snyder is out of the question.  We know where he stands.

This year we will see a lot of seats change over into Republican hands. Whether you see it as a cyclical phenomenon, or the result of the poor leadership offered by Democrats, most agree the numbers will change dramatically.  There will be a great number of opportunities to show real principled leadership by Republicans, and a greater chance for failure if they do not live up to their presentation.

Prospective Republican candidates, if you do not intend to fully vest yourself in the removal of this horrendous misplacement of the public trust on the American people, do not present yourself as such, and remove yourself from the process.  You must be on board with all efforts both here in Michigan, and Nationally to right the wrongs of this runaway government or you will be fought from within even your own party.  All the way.