Copyrighted Image? DMCA | The lazy explanation from the media and political chattering classes is that Democrats lost their Senate majority because of Barack Obama. The truth is that the Senate Republicans ran a years long con on the American people that resulted in the GOP's election win. n 2016, it won't be red state Democrats, but blue state Republicans who will be on the ballot fighting for their seats. Republicans won't have Obama to blame anymore. The GOP will be held accountable by a bigger electorate. Given these factors, it will surprise no one if the Senate confidence men and women meet their 2016 demise at the hands of their own con. |