Glimpses of Unity -- as GOP Fills New Role as Opposition

(Parts from ABC).If the first 100 days are a test of a new president, they're a major exam for an opposition party -- particularly one that's coming off eight years in control of the White House.

Here are 11 key moments from the first 100 days of Republicans as opposition party against the White House

I will bring out just a few significant points:
No. 1: United Vote - It was only Day 9 of the Obama presidency, but it would mark the defining moment for the Republican opposition of the first 100 days, Every single Republican in the House voted against the $789 billion economic stimulus plan, despite an intense lobbying push by the Obama White House to achieve a bipartisan victory on his first major legislative priority,The remarkable display of unity was a significant victory for House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va. -- one of the party's new young faces.

It was also an embarrassment to a president who seemed to try everything to get the support of at a least a few moderate Republicans.

No. 2: Tea Time - Technically, the massive anti-tax, anti-spending Tax Day protests had nothing to do with the Republican Party.

But the grassroots fervor behind by the "tea party" protests showed the potential of conservative online organizing, with anger at President Obama and Democrats in Congress bubbling over at sites nationwide.

It's not yet clear whether the outrage can be channeled in something more than protests, or even whether the turnout can be replicated. And it's a force that Republicans are eyeing warily, with its anti-incumbent tones potentially dangerous to members of both parties.

Still, for a party that would love to have an answer to the left's MoveOn.org, the protests were heartening.

No. 3: Pelosi's Proclamation - Just three days into the new presidency, a Democrat did more for Republican unity than any GOP leader.

With Capitol Hill consumed by the president's call for a massive stimulus bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that House Democrats had gone forward and crafted a measure without Republican input.

"Yes, we wrote the bill," Pelosi declared. "Yes, we won the election.",With those words, the seeds of Republican opposition were planted.