But if things can't be changed from within, members may need to vote with their feet, one issue at a time.
And you have to vote for somebody with a plan.
Yet at the same time they vote with their feet.
In 1992, they never got more than 83 percent of their members to vote with the party on a budget or tax measure.
He voted with the Republican party 91% of the time.
"You want people to vote with their feet and then take appropriate action," he said.
He and the others say they will vote with the party but also work within it to turn its direction around.
Now the people are voting with their feet, as they have done before.
In fact, he voted with his party 81 percent of the time last year.
In fact, on most issues, at least a few senators vote with the other party.