It would be excellent to win the Senate, but politically dangerous. If we control it all and the economy isn’t moving 4 years hence the GOP will be hard pressed to hold on.
They said that Republicans were so used to being in the minority that they didn't know how to (or were just plain uncomfortable at) using majority tactics.
Republicans shouldn't fear leading, but I'm afraid that they too often cower from power.
Just like how liberals try to shame America from using its strength against others (i.e., proportional response), they are also successful at convincing Republicans against using their strength when they take control of Congress. Democrats slam Republicans at every turn, but always make Republicans "reach across the aisle" for "bipartisan compromise" when Republicans have control.
-PJ
Very astute, and spot on.. I have the same reluctance about the Senate, and holding a razor thin majority.. Consequently, the Dems would do to us, basically what we did to them, and force a super majority to pass most every meaningful bill without a prolong fight..
Having to negotiate with weak Dems with a purple state, gives a win with cover and a bipartisan conclusion that Obambam never had..
I would give up my favorite copper-bottom skillet, to have a super majority and skate to utopia but it ain't gonna happen this time..
Horse hockey.
The "danger" is that Harry Reid and another Democrat Senate roadblock everything that Romney and the GOP House undertake to correct the economy...and, as a consequence, the economy stays in the tank for the next four years.
And one vital key to correcting the economy is repealing Obamacare. And, if we don't have the Senate, that's not going to happen.
"Politically dangerous", my butt! The only opportunity we have to succeed is to take the Senate along with the Presidency.
What is the point if we can’t get anything done, which we won’t if the rats hold the Senate?
“It would be excellent to win the Senate, but politically dangerous. If we control it all and the economy isn’t moving 4 years hence the GOP will be hard pressed to hold on.”
Balderdash.
If Political Junkie Too’s predictions hold, and the ‘rats keep the Senate, expect NOTHING to get done for at least two years. They will obstruct EVERYTHING that Romney and the Republican House attempt to do.
The ‘rats know that the Senate will be their “last line of defense”, and will use whatever power they have there accordingly.
Expect to see political division in 2013 as you have never seen it before.
Others in this country have seen such divisions — in the 1850’s...