executive order is highly dangerous - makes a prez a one-man lawmaking machine.
I heard a reallygood analysis on what powers the repubs will have when they take the senate today -
A "mandate" if they get 60% of national vote, or something really big - BUT it's up to obama to respect that, and in 6 years he has not, so everyone doubts that will change much.
The other - and ONLY - thing the repubs can do with both houses is "power of the purse" - to cut off funding to obama on federal budget, holding the nation hostage until he slows down spending (like ted cruz led last year).
There's some agreement brewing - according to FOX news - that senate/house will agree NOT to do this for at least one year. They'll make this deal AFTER the mid-term elections in the lame duck session. And for ALL of 2015, repubs will do NOTHING to stop obama spending.
They can revisit the issue once Jan/Feb 2016 arrives... but at that point, we're in Super Tuesday, choosing prez candidates, and the LAST thing repubs want is to be the face of a govt shutdown, putting hilary into power.
So the FOX hosts agreed - the power of the purse will probably never actually happen.
what a win today really does is help to prepare for 2016 IF a Republican can win the White House
This is very true. Anyone celebrating "we have the senate, we can stop obama!" is a total dumb ass. But anyone who says "This is a big step toward controlling all 3 (house/senate/WH) in 2016, then yes, that's accurate.