If they can't have their own man in the Oval Office, it seems, they will do anything--no matter how petty or self-serving or just plain stupid--to cripple the Democratic agenda that won Clinton his office not once, but two times in a row.
The Republicans will always give way to the Democrats when it comes to the presidency. 
mnli hypothesis: The Republicans will always give way to the Democrats when it comes to the presidency.  premise: If they can't have their own man in the Oval Office, it seems, they will do anything--no matter how petty or self-serving or just plain stupid--to cripple the Democratic agenda that won Clinton his office not once, but two times in a row.