Personally, I love a good political fight. All this crap about getting along and working together is BS. It's not like Obama carried 40 states either. He squeeked by with no change in the congress.
This is a game of chicken, pure and simple. Obama is a weak leader but a true believing socialist. The republicans in the House are led by wusses, but they know a lot of their members would like an excuse to get rid of them.
What I saw happen is Boehner raised a trial balloon Wednesday of agreeing with Obama and he got a lot of blowback from his side. So now, McConnell comes out talking tough.
If they fold like cheap lawn chairs on taxes and amnesty, they know the base will revolt. So they have to be careful and prepare the base for surrender, using idiots like Hannity.