Will bipartisanship ring in the New Year?

Will last year’s lovefest last longer than Kevin Federline’s next marriage? Or will the new Republican freshmen, clearly more ideological than the previous class, lead a return to hyper-partisan standoffs and the stagnation of yesteryear?
If last week’s unceremonious dumping of Assembly Republican Leader George Plescia by the Assembly Republican Caucus is any indication, then no one working under the dome should be booking their Tahoe vacations in July.
New GOP leader Mike Villines, a prot