Yesterday's runoff elections in Louisiana brought three more crushing Republican victories over Democrats. Senator Mary Landrieu lost to GOP candidate Bill Cassidy by a margin of 56 to 44 percent. For an incumbent to lose with numbers this poor is a rare thing. At the same time, two seats in the House also went to the GOP. This gives the GOP a net pickup of 9 in the Senate this year. It also gives Republicans their highest number of House seats in nearly a century.
In Washington since the election, all the talk has been about president Obama's immigration moves and his comments on the grand jury decisions in Missouri and New York. If yesterday's results in Louisiana showed anything, it was that voters in that state really don't care much for what Obama has done lately. The polls in that state showed extremely high levels of disapproval of Obama.
The most important thing the GOP can do starting in January is to try to accomplish things that will actually help America's people rather than letting Obama set the agenda on more of the liberal's "victim" issues. It is not enough just to oppose Obama's action on immigration even though what he has done will undermine the economic position of millions of American workers in the lower half of the income distribution. The GOP needs to try to take action to help those people. If Obama vetoes that help, then so be it. It will be just another reason why we need a GOP president next time. Similarly, police matters are supposed to be governed by state and local law. Hopefully, the GOP will not let themselves get distracted by the current uproar into deviating from a focus on helping the economy and America's workers.
In Washington since the election, all the talk has been about president Obama's immigration moves and his comments on the grand jury decisions in Missouri and New York. If yesterday's results in Louisiana showed anything, it was that voters in that state really don't care much for what Obama has done lately. The polls in that state showed extremely high levels of disapproval of Obama.
The most important thing the GOP can do starting in January is to try to accomplish things that will actually help America's people rather than letting Obama set the agenda on more of the liberal's "victim" issues. It is not enough just to oppose Obama's action on immigration even though what he has done will undermine the economic position of millions of American workers in the lower half of the income distribution. The GOP needs to try to take action to help those people. If Obama vetoes that help, then so be it. It will be just another reason why we need a GOP president next time. Similarly, police matters are supposed to be governed by state and local law. Hopefully, the GOP will not let themselves get distracted by the current uproar into deviating from a focus on helping the economy and America's workers.
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