Last night the GOP took over the Senate, as you all well know...
But now that they have two houses of Congress plus the majority of the Supreme Court, they bloody well have to actually govern.
No more lining up 50-odd votes to repeal Obamacare in the House knowing that the bills will never make it to the Senate floor. Those theatrics are going to have to change, because otherwise, what happens if they vote for repeal and get it through both houses?
Yeah, yeah, I know... Obama will veto. But that veto is going to show a lot of people who now have insurance or expanded Medicare that the only thing standing between that new access to health care is the vote of one person -- the President.
And what if a few Blue Dogs join in on the repeal? Is it possible that enough would jump the fence that there would be the votes to override a veto?
Ponder 2016 for a moment if that happens, and think about the backlash.
Same thing on immigration reform.
That's all I have time for, so I'll just leave it at that.