When was the last time the Republicans had a good idea?

It seems to me that most of their ideas consist of opposition to Democratic initiatives, whether it is direct lending for student loans, to Social Security, to universal health care.

The Democrats repeal Jim Crow and try to enact civil rights legislation and the Republicans respond with a massive prison building program and a racially tilted “war on drugs,” in effect, creating an ethnic cleansing program with a $50 billion budget.

The Democrats try to enact equal rights for women and the GOP goes out and enlists the Religious Right to stop the ratification of the ERA. They adopt the anti-abortion, anti-homosexual, anti-intellectual agenda of the Religious Right in exchange for unquestioned loyalty on economic issues (which are, ironically, against their class interests).

Now they moved from being the party of “No!” to the party of “Hell No!” They have abandoned rational fact-based debate and, seemingly, any constructive ideas altogether. They seem to be intent on trashing democracy in favor of some sort of violent teabagger revolution.

What ideas are they contributing to the democratic process and who is holding them accountable for them?