There is no power in the senate really, its been shifted to the executive.
The argument being made is not: “elect Republicans and we’ll get conservative legislation passed!”
It is: “Elect Republicans so we can made Obama look bad when he vetoes all this great stuff we send him!”
And from what I’ve seen of the GOP media wing, Obama will STILL make the GOP look to be at fault when he vetoes everything. The GOP are totally feckless at public relations
Are you suggesting that because we can’t do anything about Obama in this election, it’s not worth doing anything? Is the status quo really acceptable to you?
If you don’t seized control of the Senate in this election cycle, how do you propose it be done in 2016?
This is why I think the Democrats will make sure the Republicans win the Senate. This whole wave of sentiment isn’t a result of Republican message, the public is tired of Democrats, and Obama. The mood will not improve between now and 2016, and might get worse if they continue to push hard left. As long as we have Lee, Cruz, and a conservative group in the house to fight the party leaders, I don’t see things changing in the next two years. I think this is a perfect spot to purge a few rinos. Even though the situation with who is up for reelection in 2016 favors the Dems, I think we could have a fighting chance if the Republicans could come up with a message (Long shot, I know).