Establishment Republicans reaching out to donors for help in electing Congressmen who will actually do their jobs instead of allowing more of "the crazies" to get elected.

Courtesy of Fortune:  

Back on May 20, the National Republican Congressional Committee — the House Republicans’ campaign arm — announced it was launching a “Drive to 245,” a Babe Ruthian exercise in shot calling that implied the party would net an additional 11 seats in the November midterms. 

Twenty-five days out from the elections, that remains an uncertain proposition. Republicans are sure to pad their majority, though gains in the single digits look more likely. As Greg Walden, the Oregon Republican who runs the NRCC, tells Fortune, “It is attainable, but it’s a pretty high goal.” 

But the Republican boast was never really meant to nail the balloting results. Instead, it was a clever blend of hype and hope served up to major donors about what could follow the election: For GOP benefactors in New York, Washington and beyond who’re past tired of self-destructive antics by Republicans reactionaries, the party tailored the push to conjure the dream of a reinvigorated Speaker John Boehner. Given the room, he could stiff-arm the tiny, troublesome right flank that nearly pitched the country into a debt default three years ago and generally made major headaches out of otherwise simple chores. One Republican operative spells out the subtext of the pitch to the corporate pragmatists the GOP is hitting up for campaign cash: “We want to give Boehner a governable majority so the crazies you hate will be irrelevant.”

Republican leaders can’t call elected representatives on their own team “crazies,” but they can make a broader case. “Growing the majority means we’ve got a bigger pool to draw from to go do the work of the country,” Walden says. 

I think that in many of the primaries we have already seen this strategy at work. Which is why seemingly sane Republicans have been easily beating challengers backed by the likes of Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin.

Personally I would simply prefer more Democrats be elected, but I have to say that even more Republicans who are willing to compromise and move this country forward rather than spend their time obstructing progress and attempting please the paint chip eaters, would be a welcome change.

I think it is beyond obvious that SOMETHING needs to change. And sooner rather than later.