The day after the election, both Sen. McConnell and Pres. Obama delivered remarks brimming with conciliatory overreach. We can find common ground, say they. Tax reform and trade agreements are adduced as reason for hope.
What's left out of this chummy campfire song though, is that the problem is really whether the republicans can work among themselves, not so much whether the new majority leader can "work with" the democratic president. Look what hasn't changed; the lower chamber and their rascally ring leader Sen. Cruz.
Sen. McConnell promises there will be no government shutdown, no debt default. Now, I believe the gentleman from Kentucky is a serious man and that he does not want these things, but his caucus and the clowns on the other side of the building are not reliable partners. I do not expect things to turn out well.
It may be prudent for Obama and McConnell to be wary of each other, but the latter is going to find the equivalent of legislative ebola on home field. It is likely the GOP will make fools of themselves again and prove all over that they cannot govern.
Tuesday's results may portend good tidings for the democrats in 2016, if the republicans implode in their signature form. Obama recently expressed a taste for Kentucky bourbon. I am reminded of a Crimean proverb I heard recently: "Keep calm and have a cupcake."
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