Republicans already counting their chickens in November election...

[kentuck]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/us/politics/eyeing-control-of-both-houses-gop-sets-plan.html?ref=politics&_r=1

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WASHINGTON — With control of Congress within reach, Republicans are quietly assembling an aggressive 2015 agenda built around a push for a balanced budget and quick passage of measures, like approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and repeal of a medical equipment tax, to show they can govern.

At the same time, they are warning Republican members who have chafed at their minority status for years that simply holding the majority is no guarantee that they can get all they want. Party leaders say that Republicans will need to be realistic about what they can achieve and that a high level of party unity will be essential since any Senate advantage they gain in the midterm elections is likely to be narrow.

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Republican leaders acknowledge they will need to persuade their most conservative colleagues — including several potential presidential contenders — to be satisfied with legislative gains that might fall short of their ideals. Insisting on all their demands could end in failure by leaving Republicans short of 51 votes, let alone the 60 that will be required to pass most bills.

“We are going to have to convince people that we are not going to be perfect, but let’s at least move the ball down the field and try to do things many of us have wanted to do for a long time,” said Senator John Thune of South Dakota, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.

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[flamingdem]

1. ouch

gotv!

[BlueJazz]

2. “We are going to have to convince people that we are not going to be perfect"

Yeah..that's about as hard as getting an answer to the mathematical problem 1+1=X

[Thinkingabout]

3. I am hoping for crop failure for them. It would be a great win for ALG to topple the turtle.

I like the way she steps up to the plate and does not appear to be afraid of the candidate who is running against Obama. Hopefully we can hold the Senate and make some gains in the House.

[kentuck]

4. I think ALG is the type of candidate....

that will help get out the women vote in more states than just Kentucky.

[Thinkingabout]

5. That would be good, she will need help from other Senators.

[onehandle]

6. Obama voters and the youth (mostly the same) will stay home and watch Reality TV.

The GOP will expand their hold on the House and take the Senate.

Two more years after four of a lame duck President Obama.

Sorry, it's true.

[Zambero]

7. The same ones counting on that Romney landslide?

Sometimes chicken eggs don't hatch, and the content of those eggs tend to wind up on faces. Not to say there's no cause for concern, but these people seem oblivious to the fact that their own record low poll numbers are nothing to brag or be overconfident about.

[GeorgeGist]

8. It's scary to think that Americans may prove them right.

Freedumb™

[customerserviceguy]

9. They're taking a page from the Newt Gingrich playbook

That "contract with America" thing worked for them twenty years ago. It's up to us to say why the items in such a document make it a contract on America.

[PoutrageFatigue]

10. How Obama knows where the 'Veto' stamp is...

.. sounds like it could be getting quite the workout if the rethuglicans get into power...