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Originally Posted by Twisp
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Republicans would have had to win a VETO PROOF majority in both houses to repeal healtcare.
What they can do for the next two years, is pass (in the house) bills that repeal the most unpopular aspects of the bill and keep pressure on Obama to either admit mistakes or defend the indefensable.
Not winning the senate gives the republicans cover (according to Joe Trippy a major democrat stratigist). Obama cant simply point at a do-nothing republican congress and run against that.
Republicans have a real chance to move things to the center and take credit for any economic rebound.
they also are well positioned to say that the stimulus bill may be providing very slow growth but it could have been far better if it had not contained so much deficit spending.
That doesnt mean beans if the economy is booming in 2012. If things are really good and unemployment is below 6% Obama gets re-elected no matter who runs against him. It might very well be that repbulcans gain the Senate and have a stronger control of the house but fail to win the Whitehouse because Americans may very well remember the very good days of Clinton/Gringrich.
and (and this is really important) Republicans will have zero chance of beating Obama if there is a conservative third party run at the presidency.
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