http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/01/harry_reid_s_face_the_nation_interview_the_majority_leader_went_on_the_offensive.html
Usually people return from vacation with a lighter outlook, but after the year-end Senate break, Majority Leader Harry Reid is in a glum mood. On Sunday’s Face the Nation, the Nevada senator said there was little hope that Congress would be better in 2014 than it was in 2013, a year in which the institution achieved greatness only in scoring historic approval-rating lows.
“Unless the Republicans in Congress decide they should do something for the American people, I'm sorry to say that's true," he said when asked if this year would be as bad as last. "The rating in Congress is down. If somebody called me in a poll, I would vote with them. This is awful what's been going on.”
Reid's remarks should dispel most of the bipartisan self-congratulation that surrounded the $85 billion end-of-the-year budget agreement between the House and the Senate. That modest achievement was heralded by some,including the president, as a possible starting point for bipartisan cooperation in 2014.Reid didn’t bother trying to build on that because we are in an election year, in which control of the Senate could be in play. Whatever detours there might be from the constant state of fracas will be temporary. And the bipartisan detours won't really be detours from politics at all. Top Republican aides in both chambers say the reason that GOP members embraced the budget deal was to keep the public focus on the Affordable Care Act, which they thought was doing a good job making Democrats look bad.
that is the starting point to all republican skulduggery and resistance "MAKE PRES. LOOK BAD" in hopes that you will forget the deplorable job they didn't do and all they denied you and vote for them. that is about as sane as 47 votes to repeal ACA to no avail.
This year was always scheduled to be one for pushing and shoving from both parties. The president's team almost always loses seats in midterm elections. Since World War II, the average has been six seats when a president is in his sixth year,which coincidentally is the exact number Republicans need to take control of the Senate and demote Harry Reid. Seven of the seats that Democrats are defending are in states Mitt Romney carried. Six of those states are ones that Romney won by double digits.(Voters have increasingly chosen Senate candidates from the party they prefer in presidential elections.) Given these stakes, if Reid didn't push first, he was likely to be on the receiving end of a shove.
yes stats say they lose six seats traditionally, but look back over these 6 years and realize there is nothing traditional here just record breaking moves by this Pres. and none were for big business only, right wing depends on what you have done, this last two times that is why they didn't see it coming all the clandestine maneuvers and lies and misleading couldn't put them back together again, so dream on and cheat on, "we the people" will no longer play that game we've got our own ball so take yours and let the door hit you.
