In the DUmmies minds, Republican politicians are like the super-villains from a comic book movie (or maybe a Scooby-Doo cartoon). Always, one step ahead of the good guys until the very end. Which explains why they get so excited by things like Fitzmas and the Mueller Report. They were sure that, just like in the movies, the good guys would swoop in right at the end to save the day. Yet, time and again, they had their hearts broken by the heroes in their imaginary scenarios, because their expectations were propped up by complete fantasy. So they reset, create a new imaginary scandal and wait for a new savior. Every day they look at the news expecting that Bush, Trump, McConnell or some other politician they don't like will be in handcuffs under the headline "And I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!".