He stopped making these sort of theater show speeches because he realized he was able to meet libertarian end Republicans on some of the same things that progressive Democrats wanted. He was actually the single most effective legislator this year, in terms of getting amendment he wrote to become law, by hiding off camera and finding points libertarian-minded conservatives and progressives could match on. This is funny, but it also means that he probably does not see any possibility on accomplishing anything until 2015.