1. This is nothing but red meat to their base, trying to preemptively bank the coals and keep the flames of the left smoldering.

2. They think that they can buy off enough Senators who lose their seats to break the fillibuster. So the question is: who are these?

So, instead of posting a second-rate clone of their efforts, I hereby offer the title “Kamikazi Congress” to anyone who wants it.

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Excuse that I don’t respond to your points: it’s late. If the lame duck/impeachment comparison still seems relevant in coming days, I’ll respond then.

However, I do note that Intrade.com’s odds of a Republican House are only 55%. If Obama opponents don’t focus on the election and/or the GOP exercises its talent for pulling defeat from the jaws of victory, the lame duck scenario will be immaterial.

I hate to disagree with you, really. But–I think that the kind of lame duck scenario we’re looking at is nothing like an alarmist distraction from the country’s underlying problems. It’s very much part and parcel of them. We’re not talking about idle trivia, here. We’re talking about a continuation and expansion of the Democrats’ determination to govern against the will of the people of this great country–whose very founding principles, after all, embody the consent of the governed.

I think there is some significant difference between what we see going on now and what you refer to with respect to Clinton’s impeachment at the hands of a lame duck congress. That sorry episode was about Clinton and the congress, it was window dressing, it was a show. The electorate didn’t want it, but it wasn’t about the fundamentals of how we will live. This is the real deal, buddy, this is about the structure and function of the country, and about who shall control it.

anyway

Britain no longer has the cash to defend itself from every threat, says Liam Fox
Britain cannot afford to protect itself against all potential threats to its security, Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, has warned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/7905649/Britain-no-longer-has-the-cash-to-defend-itself-from-every-threat-says-Liam-Fox.html

That’s very likely plus there’s this,

“There are now six unelected members of the U.S. Senate; they represent Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York, and West Virginia. The rules governing the seating of senators elected to replace appointed senators are left to the states in the 17th amendment. New York’s law specifies the date the new senator takes office as January 3, so Kirsten Gillibrand will still be a senator in a potential lame-duck session, regardless of the outcome of her election bid. The other five states, however, all have laws that indicate the election winners may be seated immediately following their election – in time for the lame-duck session.”

Election Wins Can Stop Lame-Duck Threat