Republican Sweep . . .

Well all those pronouncements of Obama are now catching up.  The big one is "elections results have consequences."  The consequences is that the Democrats have lost control in the US Senate and the US House Republicans have increased their members too.

It is mentioned here and there that maybe Obama's leadership has done immeasurable damage to the Democrats for some time to come.  Of course, the Democrats are trying to spin that back and say the fleeting event means future troubles for the Republicans.  Get real!

Not on did the Republicans can control, they took overwhelming control with a nice margin.  Harry Reid's shenanigans will now come back to haunt him  He changed the Senate rules regarding number of votes for judges and appointments from 60 to 50, that means all upcoming judge appointments are now in the hands of the Republicans, not the Democrats.  So no more liberal progressive judiciary for the remainder of Obama's term.  It makes him a lame duck for sure in that regard.

President Obama says he will use executive orders to correct what he perceives as an immigration problem.  The Speaker of the House has said that will poison the waters. The Congress controls the money and that means they will curtail any funds to execute those orders.  Our fore fathers crafted a wonderful document, the Constitution of the United States of America.  It contains checks and balances to offset the power of the President.

I do not normally like Senator Mitch McConnell but he said some clear and cogent comments.  He said there is now "Only one Democrat to worry about, President Obama."  He also said the Senate will return to a place of "debate and the offering of amendments."  In the past , Senator Harry Reid refused to entertain debate, votes or amendments.  There less than a dozen votes in the Senate in the last year.  That will change, a return to what the Senate is supposed to do, debate and resolve issues.  Harry Reid's way was just to forestall any action what so ever.  That is not the American way.  No more no from the Democrats.

The President will have to do his own heavy lifting, if he does not like it, he will have to be the man of "No."  He will have to veto the bills.  Some bills like the pipeline bill has both Republican and Democratic support and thus an override of his veto is likely. That bill will provide a lot of jobs and make the tree huggers turn blue.   Well I guess they are blue anyway as Democrats.  Frankly that was a sensible pipe line to build and there are literally thousands of miles of pipe lines in the US.  Nothing new in building another one.

I think the EPA will be throttled by budget actions to prevent the President's unofficial "Cap and Trade" program.  Carbon taxes are like Global Warming, a hoax.  I guess Global Warming has morphed into Climate Change, no matter it is now proven to be a hoax, little change in the climate in the last 15 years and the Artic Ice cap is growing both in Anartica and the North Pole.

So now we enter a new era.  The President is trying to spin it in his favor.  That ain't gonna work with the Congress.  He is gonna get hammered.