After such a rejection, what would a petulant president do?

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Will Obama go rogue? (Reader Poll)   "All he has left is his legacy."
"The supposed rising female stars who were to lead the War on Women battle charge were wiped out last night — Wendy Davis, Alison Grimes, Mary Burke. Add to them the loss of Kay Hagan and the likely December runoff loss for Mary Landrieu.
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"In a party devoid of a short term future, Obama has a choice — give up at least some of his legacy, or go rogue, using his executive powers to continue to push his agenda despite the wave election rejecting his policies.

No Obama pivot after midterms  ... "At the same time, Obama won’t back down from using his administrative powers, including plans to issue an executive order on immigration that could be the most aggressive unilateral action of his presidency. He’ll adhere to a progressive agenda that, officials said, will keep the base excited, position his party to win back the Senate and hold the White House in 2016, and seal his legacy. And he will continue to use the bully pulpit to promote liberal issues, such as stemming climate change, that stand no chance of passing Congress on his watch but might under his successor."

Years ago the mayor of Las Vegas sized Mr. Obama up with these words:


Thomas Lifson calls him "Typhoid Barry" ... "Then there is the tricky matter of the 2016 presidential race. Does Hillary Clinton turn on him? If she does, who knows what might leak out about her behavior the night of Benghazi?" ...   This and numerous other commentaries from Lucianne

Our Petulant President ..."Obama is not the first second-term president to lose seats in his last midterm election, nor is he the first to find plenty of explanations for why that was not a judgment on his tenure. There is something about this point in a presidency that brings trouble - the last four two-term presidents all faced arguably the greatest crisis of their own creation about this time." ...

WH Privately Tells CNN Obama To Fake Bipartisanship, Invite GOP Senators To Pretend Meetings, Veto Everything: ‘Don’t Expect Us To Work With Them’

“ 'In talking to a senior administration official who said “We’re not gonna sign a bunch of their bills, period. We’re gonna veto stuff." ....

Filed under "Unlikely":  Peggy Noonan Wishes Obama Would Show ‘Graciousness’ After Midterm Losses   "In a blog post at the Journal, Noonan says unlike presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush before him, Obama hasn’t accepted political defeats (as in the 2010 midterms) with tact."