Analysis: Republicans have a difficult challenge in the 2009 Oklahoma Legislature. After 100 years of control by the Democrats; this populist body with more actual power than the governor is now in the hands of Republicans. Will Republicans prove to be the party of reason and reform or, like the Washington elite, become greedy, bombastic self-promoting disingenuous establishment types – wink, wink, pay-to-play, it matters not what we say.