The speaker of the House is pretty liberal, too, passing stuff with the majority of the Dems, and a few liberal Republicans.
No, there is no leverage in congress to make a liberal republican president act conservative.
Too many years of voting for the lesser evil, and not principle is what got us here.
/johnny
That is what needs to change, and it won't be easy. Cities vote RAT, and most states have cities. They generally choose the Senators.
Considering the level of demonization by the RATagandists, I don't see how a genuine conservative senator or president can get elected, unless he conceals or lies about his philosophy.
The only likely scenario is the pendulum swing away from the horrors of ObamaCare among independents....that and suppressed turnout of disenchanted RAT-voters.