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

[Statistikhengst]

Obama has no political capital left. Stick a fork in him...he's done.

Yes, that's what they said about Reagan after the 1986 rout in the mid-terms. Didn't happen.

 

[Bush92]

Obama has no political capital left. Stick a fork in him...he's done.

That's what was said about Clinton and Bush, did not stop them at all.

A President is the only person elected by all the people, and the sucker has the veto.

Democrats will not stand by him or his veto, especially on immigration. Remember, they have to run again in two years...GOP can hang Obama around their necks again.

 

[SAYIT]

The same exit poll that showed fifty-nine per cent of respondents were dissatisfied or angry with the Obama Administration found that sixty-one per cent of respondents were angry or disappointed with Republican leaders in Congress. It found that fifty-three per cent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party and that fifty-six per cent have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party. Not exactly a “wave” election.

Those exit polls only represent about 1/3rd of all voters given the low turnouts.

Yup, and the other 2/3rds are so angry or dissatisfied they didn't even bother to vote.

 

[Bush92]

Obama has no political capital left. Stick a fork in him...he's done.

Yes, that's what they said about Reagan after the 1986 rout in the mid-terms. Didn't happen.

Obama is no Reagan. Obama is stubborn and prone to bouts of temper tantrums. He will be combative and more extreme and his own party will desert him. Fork please.

 

[Statistikhengst]

lol...

 

[SAYIT]

It's foolish to sit at home and not vote at all, because by doing so, you give more power to those who do vote. If you don't like the two party system, go out and vote straight third party. The bottom line remains, the election reflects the will of the voters. If you didn't vote, you're not a voter, and your voice doesn't count.

I agree completely with what you said, but the fact remains that there was an election whose outcome didn't represent the majority of the country. The only evidence the right has of any mandate comes from the voices in their heads.

Woo. There's enough sour grapes in that one post to keep a small winery busy for years.

 

[Derideo_Te]

Yup, and the other 2/3rds are so angry or dissatisfied they didn't even bother to vote.

Facts not in evidence.

Angry and dissatisfied voters turned out in droves in 2010. That is what motivated them to vote.

There were nowhere near as many angry and dissatisfied voters which explains the lower turnout for this election.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

“Whats hilarious, republicans put their bills on his desk. He can sign them or not. If he don't it will prove he is the problem. If he does we will get out of the situation we are in.”

“Their bills.”

Telling.

Those are the people's bills, not republicans'.

Clearly the president isn't the problem.

 

[SAYIT]

Obama has no political capital left. Stick a fork in him...he's done.

Yes, that's what they said about Reagan after the 1986 rout in the mid-terms. Didn't happen.

Obama is no Reagan. Obama is stubborn and prone to bouts of temper tantrums. He will be combative and more extreme and his own party will desert him. Fork please.

21st Century politicians on both sides of the aisle are egotistical, arrogant and self-serving. Obama will barricade himself in the Oval Office and fume about the bills on his desk. He won't be able to just bury them as Reid did and will have to sign them, allow them to become law without his signature, or VETO them which will be toxic for Dems seeking 2016 office. There will be no place to hide from his VETO legacy and the Dem's failure to help Repubs override them. It's a classic rock and a hard place and all Dem cajones are about to get some serious squeezing'.

 

[SAYIT]

Yup, and the other 2/3rds are so angry or dissatisfied they didn't even bother to vote.

Facts not in evidence.

Angry and dissatisfied voters turned out in droves in 2010. That is what motivated them to vote.

There were nowhere near as many angry and dissatisfied voters which explains the lower turnout for this election.

I disagree. I'd say they punished Obama and the Dems because they are dissatisfied and angry. Those emotions can cut both ways.

 

[SAYIT]

How do Republicans think their bills will get as far as Obamas desk?

Put down the tweezers and magnifying glass and think about it.

 

[Derideo_Te]

Yup, and the other 2/3rds are so angry or dissatisfied they didn't even bother to vote.

Facts not in evidence.

Angry and dissatisfied voters turned out in droves in 2010. That is what motivated them to vote.

There were nowhere near as many angry and dissatisfied voters which explains the lower turnout for this election.

I disagree. I'd say they punished Obama and the Dems because they are dissatisfied and angry. Those emotions can cut both ways.

You are entitled to your opinion but you have nothing in the way of evidence to substantiate it.

 

[SAYIT]

The medical device tax and the keystone project had and still have bipartisan support.

Medical Device Tax? Huh? Yea, something all Americans are thinking about.

Something millions who face surgery with knee and hip replacements are interested in.

You see there are other things going on with people.
There are other issues out there for Democats to have an interest in.
You know beyond the Gay and Lesbian stuff.

They should have Obamacare.

Our DC lawmakers (and Prez) should also have Obamacare.

 

[SAYIT]

Yup, and the other 2/3rds are so angry or dissatisfied they didn't even bother to vote.

Facts not in evidence.

Angry and dissatisfied voters turned out in droves in 2010. That is what motivated them to vote.

There were nowhere near as many angry and dissatisfied voters which explains the lower turnout for this election.

I disagree. I'd say they punished Obama and the Dems because they are dissatisfied and angry. Those emotions can cut both ways.

You are entitled to your opinion but you have nothing in the way of evidence to substantiate it.

The same nothing you used to support your POV.

 

[TooTall]

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?

There were a number of bills from the House that Harry Reid would not bring to the floor of the Senate because there were enough Democrats that would have voted with the Republicans to pass them. The only job Senators have is to legislate, and in order to do that bills have to be debated and voted on.

The same thing happened in the House, just not nearly as often.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The medical device tax and the keystone project had and still have bipartisan support.

Medical Device Tax? Huh? Yea, something all Americans are thinking about.

Something millions who face surgery with knee and hip replacements are interested in.

You see there are other things going on with people.
There are other issues out there for Democats to have an interest in.
You know beyond the Gay and Lesbian stuff.

They should have Obamacare.

Our DC lawmakers (and Prez) should also have Obamacare.

They already do, that was one of the "poison pills" that the Republicans insisted upon including in the ACA. It passed with that provision.

 

[Derideo_Te]

Yup, and the other 2/3rds are so angry or dissatisfied they didn't even bother to vote.

Facts not in evidence.

Angry and dissatisfied voters turned out in droves in 2010. That is what motivated them to vote.

There were nowhere near as many angry and dissatisfied voters which explains the lower turnout for this election.

I disagree. I'd say they punished Obama and the Dems because they are dissatisfied and angry. Those emotions can cut both ways.

You are entitled to your opinion but you have nothing in the way of evidence to substantiate it.

The same nothing you used to support your POV.

My POV is based upon the low voter turnout and the exit polling.

Yours is based upon supposition of those who didn't vote and were not polled.

 

[TooTall]

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.

Most bills require 60 Senate votes to get to the floor. How many seats are GOP now?

52 was the last count I saw. That helps keep bills from the floor but doesn't help a damn when you have to actually pass them.

So far, all I hear at the top of the GOP to do list is the Keystone pipeline, as if that's the be-all end-all of domestic economic policy.

The President has them by the balls on that because he can let go through or stop it based on public opinion. Wherever public opinion is, the President can either get credit for blocking or steal credit from the GOP by signing it.

80% of the public supported requiring healthcare workers returning from West Africa to get quarantined for 21 days. What was Obama's position?

And apparently you weren't paying attention since there were 3 or 4 more items on the list that the Republicans plan to put forward.

 

[TooTall]

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?

Unless, of course, McConnell completely does away with the filibuster entirely.

I doubt that he would or even could do that, and I would not be surprised if Harry Reid didn't reverse the filibuster rule during the lame duck session.

 

[rightwinger]

Obama has no political capital left. Stick a fork in him...he's done.

No political capital?

Republicans can't get a thing done without him