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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And rust makes steel stronger.
Best kept secret is Obama’s consensus building plan?
I cry Shull Bit.
Too cute by a half.
BS
Hap-Hap-Hap-Hap-Happy Talk
Have you, in your entire life, ever heard a more outlandish example of pure unadulterated Irish BS than in this article? If the repubs go into this next two years thinking to compromise, get along, save one’s legacy etc... then we wasted this election. We need to stop this guy and his incompetent socialist policies and educate the uneducated public about the advantage of restoring our conservative principles. We now have a majority, and thanks to Harry Reid we don’t need the nuclear option, we have it.
“If the repubs go into this next two years thinking to compromise, get along...”
Which is all Fox News is breathlessly talking about. These people are amazing.
Your going to see 2 years of reprimands, veto overrides, lawsuits, and possibly impeachment.
a dollars worth of impeachment please. I’ll eat that here.
“And rust makes steel stronger.”
Ha, ha, they sold a stadium to the government suckers here on that premise. Since it was “pre-rusted,” they told the politicos they didn’t have to worry about further problems from corrosion.
STAMPEDE
I think the Republican members of the Senate should send Obama an open letter that if he attempts amnesty through Executive Order that they will support impeachment.
Scott Walkers 7 point trouncing of the airhead Mary Burke is a “narrow” victory? What a pantload this article is.
Article’s concluding sentence:
“If he and the next Congress are able to work together, it will be the salvation of his presidential legacy.”
Why would anyone dream this could happen? The legacy is finished.
A shellacking in ‘94 saved Bill Clinton’s presidency because he was astute enough to realize which way the wind was blowing and tack to the right.
I am under no illusions that Obama will do this.
In his “presser” going on right now, ‘The Won’ was asked: “If what happened two years ago was a ‘shellacking’, what do you call what happened last night?” His answer: “They had a good night”.
He’s getting some pointed questions for a change and he’s doing his pathetic best to filibuster his answers.
Before his term is up, I predict the prez to utter the phrase “All you honkies” on live television.
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