If they do something on Day 1 of the session to make the filibuster rule something less than a "I get everything I want or the government STOPS" button, that'd be more than enough for me.
Heck, if the Republican House selects somebody for Speaker other than John Boehner that might be enough. Not that Boehner himself is even really the problem, he just too much of a hand in the gamesmanship and protecting his seat than he does in getting results. If that gaggle of tea baggers angling for his blood get somebody they want in the seat, it might actually help by convincing the less-ridiculous side of the Republican membership that they'll have to make a deal without their new "leadership".
Anyway, if you're looking for some deep reading on why the Presidential election went the way it did, the Boston Globe put out a
six page breakdown that's grabbing some attention. What everyone seems to think important is Tagg Romney (the big man's fortunate son) saying of his father, "He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life." I think he's just trying to play down the defeat and that Romney didn't take it personally, because I guess he thinks that everyone needs to be reassured that Mitt's feelings weren't hurt or something.
Then again, it might actually be true. The meat of the story is that Romney basically approached the race like the stingy businessman that he is. He thought he could use enough targeted advertising to say anything necessary about his product, i.e. himself, to get anybody to buy it, he had actual organized personnel and infrastructure spread across the country rivaled by most Senate campaigns, and of the he people he did hire were so many yes-men so convinced of a Republican manifest destiny to rule in eternity that seemed to hardly believe they needed to campaign to defeat an obviously deranged fluke of an incumbent like Obama.