Will Obama make Mitch McConnell a "One term Senate Majority Leader"?

[rightwinger]

McConnell saw no need to do anything that would encourage anyone to vote for an Obama second term. Now McConnell has finally gotten his wish to be Senate majority leader

Will Obama return the favor?

 

[Missourian]

No. Obama is through. Wad spent. He even looks defeated. McConnell and the GOP controlled Congress will send popular proposal after popular proposal to Obama's desk and force the Ideologue-in Chief to veto them.

 

[jknowgood]

No. Obama is through. Wad spent. He even looks defeated. McConnell and the GOP controlled Congress will send popular proposal after popular proposal to Obama's desk and force the Ideologue-in Chief to veto them.

I agree, and Obama will make it impossible for a viable democrat presidential nominee in 2016.

 

[depotoo]

I don't think he looks or seems defeated. He is angry, and beware the angry man.

 

[jwoodie]

McConnell saw no need to do anything that would encourage anyone to vote for an Obama second term. Now McConnell has finally gotten his wish to be Senate majority leader

Will Obama return the favor?

I just know there's a pony in there...

 

[g5000]

The only person who can make Mitch McConnell a one term majority leader is Mitch McConnell.

 

[rightwinger]

No. Obama is through. Wad spent. He even looks defeated. McConnell and the GOP controlled Congress will send popular proposal after popular proposal to Obama's desk and force the Ideologue-in Chief to veto them.

Obama still has that pen that McConnell needs

2016 is going to be tough for Republicans in the Senate. They have to defend 24 seats they won in 2010, Democrats only need to defend 10. Many of those 24 seats Republicans must recapture are in blue states.

What will those Senators run on in 2016? Gridlock?

For McConnell to save his job, he will have to have something those Senators can run on

 

[NYcarbineer]

This is Senate map for the 2016 elections. The reds are the states where a Republican is up for re-election.

Simple math and politics tell you that the GOP is far more vulnerable in 2016 than even the Democrats were this year.

 

[Zander]

Obama has been de-clawed. He can no longer hide behind Harry Reid. He will be forced to defend his "veto" decisions, and the Democrats will be forced to vote.

Should be an interesting 26 months.....

 

[depotoo]

But will he have to defend his backdoor route that will be unknown for most too late?

Obama has been de-clawed. He can no longer hide behind Harry Reid. He will be forced to defend his "veto" decisions, and the Democrats will be forced to vote.

Should be an interesting 26 months.....

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Boehner hasn't done his job and has permanent job security.

McConnell declared war on the US and on President Obama the night he was elected.

Other Do Nothings have so gerrymandered their districts and have so much Big Money behind them, I doubt they care that the president has a really big red pencil. A couple of them have already made threatening noises. Its going to be (big) business as usual for the Republicans. And, they will keep right on lying to their low-info constituents.

 

[rightwinger]

This is Senate map for the 2016 elections. The reds are the states where a Republican is up for re-election.

Simple math and politics tell you that the GOP is far more vulnerable in 2016 than even the Democrats were this year.

How does McConnell propose to keep his job past 2016? He will need Obamas help if he wants to carry any legislative accomplishments into 2016. Can Republicans run in 2016 on a Do Nothing Congress?

 

[whitehall]

Low information lefties actually thought that the republican majority in congress caused gridlock even though Harry Reid's senate stalled about 3,000 bills originating from congress. The floodgates will be open in January and Reid will no longer be able to run interference for do-nothing incompetent Barry Hussein. Barry will have to stick around D.C. and work for a living even if he uses the veto pen.

 

[Missourian]

No. Obama is through. Wad spent. He even looks defeated. McConnell and the GOP controlled Congress will send popular proposal after popular proposal to Obama's desk and force the Ideologue-in Chief to veto them.

Obama still has that pen that McConnell needs

2016 is going to be tough for Republicans in the Senate. They have to defend 24 seats they won in 2010, Democrats only need to defend 10. Many of those 24 seats Republicans must recapture are in blue states.

What will those Senators run on in 2016? Gridlock?

For McConnell to save his job, he will have to have something those Senators can run on

If there is one thing these elections have proved, it's that the Republicans are NOT the ones getting the blame for gridlock in Washington.

All the Republicans have to do is to make Obama the choke point at which popular legislation dies.

That's what happened to the Senate.

Democrats think that American's are idiots, that if they can get the liberal media to blame Republicans for gridlock, they can make the dumbasses citizens believe that.

But Americans saw through that crap. They saw the truth...that Reid and the Democrat controlled Senate was the choke point....and they moved to eliminate it.

Now it's Obama's turn. He will be forced to do his own obstructing.

 

[Rocko]

McConnell May end up being majority leader for a term, but I doubt it, but if he did it won't be because of Obozo. I reject your premise that McConnell held back Obozo from being a successful president. Obama would be much less popular without the obstruction from the republicans.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

This is Senate map for the 2016 elections. The reds are the states where a Republican is up for re-election.

Simple math and politics tell you that the GOP is far more vulnerable in 2016 than even the Democrats were this year.

How does McConnell propose to keep his job past 2016? He will need Obamas help if he wants to carry any legislative accomplishments into 2016. Can Republicans run in 2016 on a Do Nothing Congress?

Who would have thought they could be successful Doing Nothing all this time?

Some here have said they want congress to Do Nothing instead of actually legislating. To them, being the Stupid Party, the Do Nothing party is a positive thing.

Go figure.

 

[Statistikhengst]

No. Obama is through. Wad spent. He even looks defeated. McConnell and the GOP controlled Congress will send popular proposal after popular proposal to Obama's desk and force the Ideologue-in Chief to veto them.

And this is bad?

Actually, in many lame-duck parts of a second administration, a lot has been gotten done.

Obama looks tired. You know why? EVERY president looks tired and worn around the 6th year. Bush looked like he was gonna fall over in 2007. We saw much less of Reagan in 1987 and 1988, he was well hid from the public. This is not a new phenomenon.

Nice try, though.

 

[Roadrunner]

No. Obama is through. Wad spent. He even looks defeated. McConnell and the GOP controlled Congress will send popular proposal after popular proposal to Obama's desk and force the Ideologue-in Chief to veto them.

I agree, and Obama will make it impossible for a viable democrat presidential nominee in 2016.

I am thinking Hillary is politically dead after her spectacular failure to pull any candidate over the line.

NH, being the exception, but, that was never a close race, in no way can that be attributed to Hillary.

 

[rightwinger]

No. Obama is through. Wad spent. He even looks defeated. McConnell and the GOP controlled Congress will send popular proposal after popular proposal to Obama's desk and force the Ideologue-in Chief to veto them.

Obama still has that pen that McConnell needs

2016 is going to be tough for Republicans in the Senate. They have to defend 24 seats they won in 2010, Democrats only need to defend 10. Many of those 24 seats Republicans must recapture are in blue states.

What will those Senators run on in 2016? Gridlock?

For McConnell to save his job, he will have to have something those Senators can run on

If there is one thing these elections have proved, it's that the Republicans are NOT the ones getting the blame for gridlock in Washington.

All the Republicans have to do is to make Obama the choke point at which popular legislation dies.

That's what happened to the Senate.

Democrats think that American's are idiots, that if they can get the liberal media to blame Republicans for gridlock, they can make the dumbasses citizens believe that.

But Americans saw through that crap. They saw the truth...that Reid and the Democrat controlled Senate was the choke point....and they moved to eliminate it.

Now it's Obama's turn. He will be forced to do his own obstructing.

How do they make Obama the choke point if they can't even get bills out of the Senate? Reid couldn't beat filibuster with 55 votes, how can McConnell do it with 54? McConnell needs to get Obama to agree to his legislation to even make it through the Senate.......How can he do that when his own party considers ANY compromise with Obama to be unacceptable?

 

[Roadrunner]

This is Senate map for the 2016 elections. The reds are the states where a Republican is up for re-election.

Simple math and politics tell you that the GOP is far more vulnerable in 2016 than even the Democrats were this year.

How does McConnell propose to keep his job past 2016? He will need Obamas help if he wants to carry any legislative accomplishments into 2016. Can Republicans run in 2016 on a Do Nothing Congress?

They just got elected to stop Obama and the Democrats.

In 2016, the run on having stopped him, and on what they plan to do when they have the WH too.

They have two years to carefully craft issues and thoroughly vet potential candidates.

In the meantime, the Dems have to totally repair their shattered image.