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Senate be damned, we don't need it to stop Obama, we need a big lead in the House, where the budget is built, and enough to stop the Big O’s shenanigans in the Senate.

Bingo, the mayhem starts in the House. That is where the Republicans need to shift the balance of power and find new, conservative, aggressive leadership.

Hopefully, Sen DeMint can get traction as the new Republican leader in the house regardless of whether that be as the majority or minority.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Sorry, DeMint in the Senate...

[Jim from C-Town]

I would go further and say it would be better if the Republicans came up one or two seats short in the Senate. That would eliminate the ability to blame his problems on the Congress, He will still have to show deference to the Dem run Senate. This would, however, be unimportant as everything in the Senate relies on 60 votes to go forward. If the Republicans can stifle the worst of the Obama agenda with 41 strong votes all the better.

We have had ineffectual Senate majorities of 1 - 3 seats for over a decade, it is almost better to be a strong majority than a weak minority when it comes to the Senate.