Posted on 11/05/2014 11:46:34 AM PST by Starman417
President Obama's failing presidency just found salvation: A GOP controlled Congress for his last two years in office. They will salvage some of his legacy.
Just a few years ago:
In Obama’s first meeting with Democratic and Republican House and Senate leaders, just two weeks after his inauguration, he told the group that he wanted to hear everyone’s ideas and come to a bipartisan solution—words he had run his presidential platform on. He told those assembled, “If it works, we don’t care whose idea it is.” But the next day his tune changed when Rep. Eric Cantor, then House minority whip, passed out a draft of a potential economic recovery plan that essentially met only the Republican demands. After reading the one-page spread, the president responded: “I can go it alone but I want to come together. Look at the polls. The polls are pretty good for me right now.” He then told Cantor, “Elections have consequences and Eric, I won.”
Well, Mr. President, elections do indeed have consequences. As of 11:30pm tonight, America won:
Stunning Republican victories came in reliably Democratic states, including those won overwhelmingly by Obama in 2012. Illinois ousted Democrat Pat Quinn in favor of Republican Bruce Rauner, while Maryland voters opted for Republican Larry Hogan over Democrat Anthony Brown. Republican Charlie Baker won a Massachusetts match-up against Martha Coakley, the state attorney general who lost a special Senate election to Scott Brown in 2010.Begala: GOP ran better candidates
Republicans also continued their dominance of governors' mansions when a number of GOP leaders fought off stiff challenges from Democrats.
Republican Rick Scott defeated Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist in a very tight and hotly contested race.
Wisconsin's Scott Walker and Georgia's Nathan Deal both narrowly won re-election in the face of well-financed Democratic challenges, according to CNN projections. Ohio's John Kasich, Iowa's Terry Branstad and New Mexico's Susana Martinez also dispatched weaker Democratic challengers. And bombastic Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage survived a stiff challenge from Rep. Michael Michaud to win a second term.
It appears Tom Foley has lost his gubernatorial bid for Connecticut.
Tom Corbett lost to Democrat Tom Wolf in Pennsylvania.
A close race in Virginia saw Democrat Mark Warner win re-election against Republican challenger, Ed Gillespie.
At the moment, Colorado is still too early to call:
Republican Rep. Cory Gardner won the race for Colorado's U.S. Senate seat, defeating incumbent Sen. Mark Udall. Colorado voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Iowa is another state that voted for President Obama in both presidential election years; yet Republican Joni Ernst won the race for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, defeating Democratic challenger Bruce Braley.
Kansas conservatives weren't fooled by Greg Orman's "independent" status and "got out the vote" for Pat Roberts. Vice President Joe Biden probably didn't do Orman any favors by suggesting he'd caucus with the Democrats. And speaking of Uncle Joe, you'd think the Obama Administration would have kept him under lock-and-key rather than sending him out there to speak in public. Remember it was only a couple of months ago when Joe Biden suggested that we would chase ISIS to the Gates of Hell? Only to say a month later that ISIS and Islamic terrorism poses no "existential threat" to the United States? He reiterated that point on Monday, interviewing on CNN with Gloria Borger (also predicting that Democrats would hang on to their Senate majority):
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Have the House write the legislation since all taxes must start there and fast track it through the Senate.
Waste of time IIRC they would need 13 Demoncrats to get enough votes. He will call their bluff.
I’m waiting for someone in Congress to tell Obama, “We won, you lost. Get over it.”
Some of us are okay with being honkadelic.
That makes it not a bluff. That puts Obama on notice that using an Executive order to override existing laws with regard to impeachment will trigger an impeachment. And that warning also informs the world, that if Obama crosses that "red line", it will be cause for impeachment.
That makes it not a bluff. That puts Obama on notice that using an Executive order to override existing laws with regard to impeachment will trigger an impeachment. And that warning also informs the world, that if Obama crosses that "red line", it will be cause for impeachment.
Obama has zero intention of working with Republicans
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the clown POTUS to come around...
I don't think the current repubicans have the stones to follow through with it. They are so terrified of being labeled "racist" by the liberal media that they are literally inert. The only way it works and is not a bluff is isd everyone of them is not afraid to stand up and be counted. Damn few are willing to say "I am Spartacus"
Clinton administration all over again, accept Obola isn’t Clinton, Clinton is Blacker.
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