56% do not want repeal of the ACA.

[Perotista]

It's a wonder his approval is 43.3%, considering that foreign policy and the economy are below that.
So, what happens if both of those individual aspects go up?
In fact, a case can be made Obama has bottomed out again, just as in early 2012.

DEMs must focus on the do-nothing House and filibustering Senate.
DEMs need to have ads ready every time GOPs try to Repeal the ACA.
They also need to listen to B. Clinton and run on the good aspects of ACA that GOP voters like.
They also need to show how worthless the House is on Immigration, as per Boehner's remarks.

Maybe you'll look at that 3-year term for House members, since nothing gets done in two years .

I probably showed you my chart on what happens during a mid term when a President's approval rating is at 45% or below. But somehow I do not think that applies this year. What happens if his approval rating goes up, that would be good news for the Democrats.

The republicans could bring up those 200 bills that Reid has tabled to counter the do nothing house and filibustering senate. 30 of those bills were sponsored by Democrats in the house that they were able to get passed.
On the repeal of the ACA, it all depends on which poll you look at. Kaiser has a majority against repeal, a poll sponsored by Fox showed 54% in favor of repeal. both may or may not be biased. Kaiser has a vested interest in the success of the ACA whereas FOX has been in favor of repeal. Who knows, November will tell.

Bill Clinton knows his business, yes the Democrats would be wise to listen to him. It would take a constitutional amendment to change the term of house members. But an interesting idea none the less.

 

[Linc]

The republicans could bring up those 200 bills that Reid has tabled to counter the do nothing house and filibustering senate. 30 of those bills were sponsored by Democrats in the house that they were able to get passed.

You know this is too blanket of a statement for me to accept without specific links.
I'll just let it go as another of your Reid rants.
It would be nice to see how many of those 200 bills, even sponsored by "yellow dogs", were loaded with legislative riders, as we saw last October.
As we'll see the next two years if McConnell takes over .

 

[Perotista]

You know this is too blanket of a statement for me to accept without specific links.
I'll just let it go as another of your Reid rants.
It would be nice to see how many of those 200 bills, even sponsored by "yellow dogs", were loaded with legislative riders, as we saw last October.
As we'll see the next two years if McConnell takes over .

I think when it comes to the senate about the only thing we agree on is mcConnell is bad. But I think Reid is worst. but McConnell is not in charge so in the end he may be worse than Reid. But that I think is impossible.

As for the 200 bills, here you go:

Harry Reid

and

Noting that the 113th Congress is often called the least productive in history, Strassel pointed out that “The Republican House in fact passed more than 200 bills in 2013. Some were minor, and others drew only GOP votes” but “the laws all went to die in Mr. Reid’s Senate graveyard.”

Harry Reid is Killing the Senate

But if you are a Democrat, all of this is perfectly okay as it is your party doing it. If a Republican was majority leader and tabling all these bill, every Democrat would be up in arms and screaming at the top of their lungs. It is like everything else that goes on in washington. As long as it is you party doing it, it is perfectly okay, if the other party is doing the same thing, it is 100% wrong.

 

[Perotista]

RCP data
RealClearPolitics - Election Other - Repeal of Health Care Law: Favor/Oppose

Gallup

Majority of Americans Want Major Changes to Health Law

 

[Linc]

But if you are a Democrat, all of this is perfectly okay as it is your party doing it. If a Republican was majority leader and tabling all these bill, every Democrat would be up in arms and screaming at the top of their lungs. It is like everything else that goes on in washington. As long as it is you party doing it, it is perfectly okay, if the other party is doing the same thing, it is 100% wrong.

Yet nothing about the all-time records set on filibustering?

 

[AlabamaPaul]

Yet nothing about the all-time records set on filibustering?

You should know better than too use this as an argument...

 

[Linc]

You should know better than too use this as an argument...

All the way to the fall election with McConnell ! eace

 

[AlabamaPaul]

All the way to the fall election with McConnell ! eace

At least you realize that it's a false argument...

 

[Linc]

Not if you look at the pure numbers.

At least you realize that it's a false argument...

Radar looks really nasty coming at you.
Be safe . :2wave:

 

[AlabamaPaul]

Not if you look at the pure numbers.

Radar looks really nasty coming at you.
Be safe . :2wave:

Those "pure numbers" are not so pure when you look at the underlying circumstances. We are safe as most storms are currently tracking north of us. Thanks for your concern...

 

[Linc]

Those "pure numbers" are not so pure when you look at the underlying circumstances.
We are safe as most storms are currently tracking north of us. Thanks for your concern...

Think Mitch will expand the "nuke" option to legislation, as Sen. Grassley has promised?
Remember when GOPs whined last decade about DEMs filibustering, threatening to "nuke" the Senate.
Perhaps "give us a straight-up-or-down-vote" by Mitch/Frist rings a bell .

 

[AlabamaPaul]

Think Mitch will expand the "nuke" option to legislation, as Sen. Grassley has promised?
Remember when GOPs whined last decade about DEMs filibustering, threatening to "nuke" the Senate.
Perhaps "give us a straight-up-or-down-vote" by Mitch/Frist rings a bell .

No, but they may keep the current rule...

 

[Linc]

No, but they may keep the current rule...

Which may mean nothing since a new "gang" will form amongst 20 or so senators.
I guy on here who is a DM, danarhea, put forth some crazy idea that Sen. King from Maine would cross over to the GOP.

Nothing will happen until after the Louisiana run-off in December,
another southern race turning on public displeasure over not taking their state's share of the Medicaid Expansion .

 

[Perotista]

Yet nothing about the all-time records set on filibustering?

I put that under the category of one good turn deserves another. Sort of a tit for tat battle of tactics. Table my bills and I will filibusters yours. You know, the old "My way or the Highway." Both Reid and McConnell play that game to the nth degree. Both are nothing more than party hacks only interested in their party, the people and country be darned. Loyalty to party, the good of the party, for the future of the party, neither knows what nation or country is. Both only know what it is like to be a Republican or Democrats, neither knows what it is to be an American.

My rant.

 

[Linc]

My rant.

You probably saw that GOP Rep. Grimm moved into the DEM column today on RCP.
He wasn't indicted until AFTER the filing date had passed. :lamo

RCP had 38 GOPs in play--only three as toss-up and two as DEM lean/likely.
DEMs have 39 House seats in play--13 as toss-ups and two as GOP lean/likely .

 

[Perotista]

You probably saw that GOP Rep. Grimm moved into the DEM column today on RCP.
He wasn't indicted until AFTER the filing date had passed. :lamo

RCP had 38 GOPs in play--only three as toss-up and two as DEM lean/likely.
DEMs have 39 House seats in play--13 as toss-ups and two as GOP lean/likely .

Yeah, Cook list 195 Rep seats as safe 160 Dem seats as safe. But in the toss up column he has 11 Democrats and 3 Republicans. he also has 2 Republicans seats going democratic, Grimm and CA 31 and 2 Democratic seats going Republican.
Sabato has basically the same only he has 6 Democratic seats rated as tossup and 4 Republican seats. He predicts a GOP gain of 5 to 8 seats.

And so it goes, all prognosticators are pretty much in the same ballpark.