The Nightmare of 2014

The Tea Party and Republicans believe that President Barack Obama’s climate change agenda will be comparable to Obamacare in 2012 in mobilizing massive voter opposition in coal states like Ohio in the 2014 congressional elections, giving the GOP a shot at controlling the Senate. Their assessment may be correct since turnout for midterm elections are traditionally low. The Roberts Court decision undoing the Voting Rights Act may open the door to efforts at dampening voter turnout among the elderly, students and people of color. The Republican seizure of Congress would set the stage for another epic political showdown in 2016 when Obama leaves office.