[Wildbill22]

I am wondering it the lame duck session might be the time for the Congress to pass some unpopular gun control laws while they still have the chance to ram legislation down our throats.

[freeangel]

” some Republicans wonder whether the latter will even come up for debate.”

Oh yeah—they will try and ram every obama dream down voters throats. The ones who have lost seats will do it out of spite and the others will hope voters will have forgotten in another 2 years.

[FrankR]

[grobdriver]

This ain't no time for "on guard".
It's time for Offense!

[Brookhaven]

As Senate GOP leaders look ahead to the lame-duck session, many are cautiously optimistic about their chances of thwarting any big-ticket spending initiatives.

Cautiously optimistic!!!!!!!!!!!

The GOP is about to benefit from the biggest political landslide in American history, because the American people want to stop the Democratic agenda in its tracks, and the GOP leadership is all timid about standing up to the Democrats in a lame duck session?

If the GOP leadership (and every GOP senator) doesn't grow a pair and filibuster the lame duck session, you can be ***** sure the anger directed at the Democrats in this election cycle will be directed at the GOP in the next primaries. GOP, you let this stuff slide through the senate, and you'll own it. Saying we couldn't stop it won't cut it.

The Democrats thought everyone would forget about the health care vote by the time November rolled around. We didn't, and we won't forget about the lame duck session either GOP.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They ain’t getting out of D.C. without first cramming Card Check down our throats. No how, no way. These unions would not be funneling all of this money into their campaigns right now if they did not get that commitment first. They will have to deliver on that if they expect their support in ‘12.

[crazyshrink]

I think the real question is how fast the senate will seat the three new senators that are supposed to be in place the day after the election. I believe those 3 seats are Illinois (Obama’s old seat temp filled by Burris), The one O’Donnell is going against coons for, and the 3rd (hmmm...I forget...must be old age.).

I predict the new senators won’t be seated for some time.

[Hardastarboard]

Would you want to come up here for some ugly, hard vote after you’d lost or retired?”

The alternate scenario to that is the angry, "entitled" Democrat congressmen, suddenly stripped of their "hereditary nobility" come back to Washington and vote to punish the peasants who have shredded their sweet, beautiful little worlds.

[lentulusgracchus]

Republicans would also like to see a freeze on appropriations and spending kept to at least $300 billion below the president’s current budget proposal.....

And for this they'll sell their souls. They'll give 'em gays and Mexicans.