AceRothstein
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I don't think that word means what you think it does.Unless there is massive voter fraud the GOP will sweep these elections. People are pretty fed up with failed Democrat policies.I woud bet you are talking out of your ass again.Trust me Candy, if Reid is ousted as majority leader, there will be a huge celebration in conservativeland, and much happiness.Conservatives have little to be happy about. The Hobby Lobby ruling for example. It limited the number of contraceptives that HL had to cover from something like 16 to something like 11.
That is what passes for a "win" for an ideology that has basically become a joke. Seriously, look at those who embody the philosophy...have you ever seen a group of people who are as sad?
On that, we both agree. Harry Reid is a scumbag who regularly puts Party ahead of the nation. Most of the bills he blocked would not have passed the Senate--not even close. Yet he didn't want his caucus to appear to be too off-center so he shielded them from having to vote.
I would bet that if Reid had it to do over again, he would have taken every one of those votes to de-fund the ACA and forced the GOP to vote against it in the Senate...on the record. As it turns out, the ACA is pretty popular in Apalachia (they call it something else of course).
What I was talking about, however, was going forward with Mitch and John ramming through bills we will likely return to the good old days of funding the government at 11:59 PM before it defaults, more shut downs, and the President being able to blame Congress for it.
The same thing happened in Clinton's 2nd term. Clinton is looked upon favorably, Gingrich is a joke. A few years back when this happened, Boehner was rightly blamed for the shutdown with GOP senators filibustering some of the measures as I recall. What makes you think that the 2015 stoppages will turn out any differently?
Again, short of keeping the Senate and guaranteeing the President gets his supreme court picks--which is a huge thing to lose--it will be some consolation going forward that going into the 2016 election season, you'll see a resurgence brought on by the GOP itself.
Supposed to be bad weather in much of the nation today. I hope everyone who hasn't voted does his or her civic duty and votes their heart regardless. Be careful and let's await the results.
Obama is no Clinton. Clinton knew how to work with the opposition. Obama's idea is to call them names and impugn their motives.
THe GOP will force the Dems to own votes on the Keystone Pipeline and similar. And make Obama explain why he is vetoing bills that most people favor. I can hear it now "I vetoed this bill because my rich backers in the Sierra Club told me it would be bad for the environment".
Obama will become "President No", the main obstruction to progress in this country.
With a GOP Senate and House, the Keystone Pipeline is one of the things I want to see rammed down Obama's throat.
I'll believe it when I see it though, I still don't think the GOP will win enough seats to flip the Senate.
My forecast model just doesn't jive with Silver's.