Alan: I doubt Republicans will gain control of the Senate in November. If they do, GOP legislation over the next two years will reflect the rife stupidity of North Carolina's Republican-controlled State Assembly. The upshot will be a 2016 "wave election" that will elect Democrats to The Oval Office and both houses of Congress. This wave will sound the death knell of the GOP - at least in its current incarnation as The Party of Nope.
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Stephen Colbert
"North Carolina Outlaws Climate Change And Sea Level Rise"
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How GOP Senate control could reduce the gridlock. "For the moment, partisanship provides an excuse and impediment to action. House Republicans pass legislation, but their views never have to be sharpened or reconciled with those of their Senate colleagues. Control of both houses could force clarity in the GOP on issues like immigration, which leaders have ducked so far, claiming they didn't have a trusted partner in the president. That is a dodge to keep from starting a fight in the party over a contentious issue. When you control both houses, this kind of inaction can't be allowed if the goal is to be taken seriously as a governing party....Republican strategists know the GOP has to shake the 'Party of No' label." John Dickerson in Slate.
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