Just saying no to everything for ideological reasons alone is what the Republicans do, and we have seen how effective their governance is.

In the last half-century, who's policy has been more predominant, Republican or Democrat? You can't deny that "saying no to everything for ideological reasons" has been an effective strategy for implementing their vision, regardless of how shitty it's been in practice. Wouldn't it be nice to have real victory for a change? Not just this "they go low, we go high" empty moral victory?