What the Republican 'slam dunk' means for Obama

November 06, 2014 04:02

The Republicans won. And won big. They picked up seats on the East Coast, in middle America, in the deep South, in the West.

They got the keys to several governors' mansions in victories that were as unexpected as they were welcome. Their majority in the House of Representatives increased.

If this were basketball, then we'd be saying they had a slam dunk of a night

That leaves one man waking up this morning with a lot more power than he has ever wielded before, but with the potential to trip. And it leaves one man still with a huge amount of power, but also a pretty big headache.

The man with the newly found power is Mitch McConnell, the presumptive next Senate majority leader, and victor last night in his native Kentucky; the man reaching for the Advil is Barack Obama.

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