GOP Triumphalism

++The House GOP believes they can expand their field this year because of Obamacare and Obama's "sagging popularity".

++The GOP certainly showed their hand today. They defeated the extended unemployment insurance not once but twice. Before they would vote for it,they demanded it be paid for--a first for this type of vote, which they routinely approved under George W. Bush. Harry Reid provided them with a payment, they promptly voted it down. Harry Reid offered a straight bill but it too was voted down by the GOP. All Democrats voted for the bill-both times.

++I can't help but think that the GOP thinks 2014 will be a replay of 2010. But what if voters rebel against the tea baggers now that they hold power in the House? 

++The GOP money machine is aiming at the Senate big-time. Karl Rove was given the franchise twice to take back the Senate but failed. This time the anti-establishment right has the money. They just want to avoid the horrible candidates.

++Democrats should not sit easy ,just because the GOP might win in 2014 they reason that the stars are aligning for 2016 when more GOP seats will be up. The country can't afford the last two years of the Obama Administration with a Republican Senate given the nature of the GOP today.

++John Boehner tried to wiggle around on immigration reform again this afternoon, blaming Obama because members don't trust him to enforce any of America's laws. The problem with this diseased way of thinking is that immigration reform would not begin in earnest until he leaves office.

++Why Republicans will not suffer from their government shutdown is beyond me. I don't think the snafus with the healthcare website neutralizes the shutdown but I was wrong in 2010 so I should stay out of it.