Listen to that robocall. Put out by a PAC headed by Haley Barbour’s nephew, Henry.
Tell me that sounds like a GOP that’s going to do ANYTHING to slow down Obama...
And yet they have, and will. After 2014, and assuming we keep the House, Obama can basically do 2 things - nominations to the bench as well as political appointees and executive actions. With a Republican Senate Obama's nominations will be stalled as is usually the case with all Presidents at the end of their term when the Senate is held by the opposition. That still leaves Obama executive actions, but with the Supreme Court decision the other day he won't even be able to do temporary recess appointments.
I've heard the robocall and it's positively slimy, but I expect the worst from politicians. It doesn't surprise me that a 30+ year Senate veteran feels entitled enough to do this sort of thing. The only thing I really care about is that Cochran votes for a Republican for majority leader, which he will do - and that ends Reid's reign and goes a long way to truly making Obama a lame duck.
Preferably we would have gotten a good candidate like McDaniel who could have positively advanced the conservative cause. Short of that, all that matters is numbers. What counts is how Cochran votes. If Cochran were an axe murdering demon from hell, he'd still be better than Childers so long as he votes the right way. I know that's mercenary and machiavellian, but politics is an very ugly sport. Always has been, always will be. Heck, in the end I won't be surprised if Chris McDaniel himself eventually got behind Cochran. That may seem unlikely at this moment in time, but deals will be done, promises made, etc, and for most politicians the ends can be made to justify the means.