saltydawg Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 To win the 2016 presidential election? I am guessing that they will have to be active and very bipartisan, knocking out some of the key issues like Keystone Pipeline. If they don't, the anger will just be transferred to the next election. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle241 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 To win the 2016 presidential election? I am guessing that they will have to be active and very bipartisan, knocking out some of the key issues like Keystone Pipeline. If they don't, the anger will just be transferred to the next election. Agree on everything but Keystone. Really not that critical IMHO. Oil will be transported one way or another, Keystone is not critical. I think immigration will be a hot item, deficit and debt should be a hot topic but too many 'sacred cows' for that to happen. Tax reform in the sense of a flat tax would be nice, never going to happen. What I think will happen is Benghazi and IRS will be more important to the GOP and trying to impeach Obama. I really don't see McConnell working with Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by saltydawg To win the 2016 presidential election? I am guessing that they will have to be active and very bipartisan, knocking out some of the key issues like Keystone Pipeline. If they don't, the anger will just be transferred to the next election. They have to be conservatives. And the RNC has to nominate a conservative. Mitt Romney lost because conservatives did NOT vote for him “My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dena Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 If they eliminated spying on their own citizens, it would do a lot to restore my trust in the Repubs, but I don't see it happening. Material abundance without character is the path of destruction. -Thomas JeffersonThere are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. -Soren Kierkegaard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by kyle241 Agree on everything but Keystone. Really not that critical IMHO. Oil will be transported one way or another, Keystone is not critical. I think immigration will be a hot item, deficit and debt should be a hot topic but too many 'sacred cows' for that to happen. Tax reform in the sense of a flat tax would be nice, never going to happen. What I think will happen is Benghazi and IRS will be more important to the GOP and trying to impeach Obama. I really don't see McConnell working with Obama. I do see Mcconnel workig with Obama. He is a progressive. “My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 The Republicans need to demonstrate that they can actually govern. However, I suspect we'll see a lot more Benghazi and Fast and Furious investigations than real reform and the GOP will wonder why they lost again in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltydawg Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Keystone is an easy one that they can knock out since the majority of Americans support it. They get it through early to show that they are going to be active (shake the do-nothing moniker). They will have to address immigration, but that one will get much messier. They need to start by cherry-picking popular legislation. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epanzella Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by saltydawg To win the 2016 presidential election? I am guessing that they will have to be active and very bipartisan, knocking out some of the key issues like Keystone Pipeline. If they don't, the anger will just be transferred to the next election. They could start by voting on the hundreds of bills that Reid was blocking the votes on to protect his cronies from have a track record. Ed Panzella "BAITS MOTEL" - 2450 Maycraft Pilothouse Higganum, Ct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltydawg Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 They could start by voting on the hundreds of bills that Reid was blocking the votes on to protect his cronies from have a track record. I think it was 346 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 The Republican Senate doesn't have to do anything. "Ok, Eddy you were right" - minivin5 "Oddly enough, Eddy is right fairly often"- TimS "Eddy is correct" - TomT "Say what you will about Eh-ddy but he actually does know a few things." - The Commish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltydawg Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 The Republican Senate doesn't have to do anything. That would guarantee a 2016 loss. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 That would guarantee a 2016 loss. Your question was "what would a republican senate have to do?" It doesn't matter what they do, since they aren't the ones running for President. "Ok, Eddy you were right" - minivin5 "Oddly enough, Eddy is right fairly often"- TimS "Eddy is correct" - TomT "Say what you will about Eh-ddy but he actually does know a few things." - The Commish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltydawg Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 mmmkay...Remember 2012? What they do or don't do will influence that election. There is a lot riding on how well they do. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 mmmkay...Remember 2012? What they do or don't do will influence that election. There is a lot riding on how well they do. yeh the RNC pushed for a leftist candidate. and got one. "Ok, Eddy you were right" - minivin5 "Oddly enough, Eddy is right fairly often"- TimS "Eddy is correct" - TomT "Say what you will about Eh-ddy but he actually does know a few things." - The Commish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Nothing good will come out of the next 2 years. I see nothing but window dressing. I see immigration reform for the benefit of corporations and to the detriment of the American worker and tax payer. I agree that no one will really care about keystone pipeline Tackling tax issues would be great. Don't see it happening. Possibly some fake bills on curtailing the feds power to spy. There isnt much to do these days aside from meaningful long tax reform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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