Republicans will now taste their bitter harvest

The Washington Post ^ | November 11, 2014 | Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor & publisher, The Nation

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In the early 3rd century B.C., after King Pyrrhus of Epirus again took brutal casualties in defeating the Romans, he told one person who offered congratulations, “If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.” In his more sober moments, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), about to achieve his lifelong ambition of becoming Senate majority leader, may wonder whether he, too, has achieved a pyrrhic victory.

Republicans are still crowing about the sweeping victories in 2014 that give them control of both houses of Congress. They will set the agenda, deciding what gets considered, investigated and voted on. Their ideas will drive the debate.

But Republicans have no mandate because they offered no agenda. Republicans reaped the rewards of McConnell’s scorched-earth strategy, obstructing President Obama relentlessly, helping to create the failure that voters would pin on the party in power. But the collateral damage is that the “party of ‘no’ ” has no agreement on what is yes. Instead of using the years in the wilderness to develop new ideas and a clear vision, Republicans have used them only to sharpen their tongues, grow their claws and practice their backhands....

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I would not hit that.

Baseline established.

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The leftist stooge & Obama toad who wrote this whiney piece is stressing out for no reason - hasn't she heard? Our "president" has heard the voices of those who did not vote and so will bypass congress completely.

So the election was an meaningless formality.

So no worries, left wingers. The nation will continue to circle the bowl, probably faster than it was before.

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ROFL! Poor Katrina Van Stupid.