Now What? What Obama Can (And Can't) Do With A GOP Senate -- Kevin Liptak, CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Time to brush off the veto stamp.
For someone who's only used it twice, President Obama may need some reacquainting with the last remaining weapon in Democrats' arsenal. He last rejected a bill from Congress in 2010.
But he's had blocking from a Democratic Senate majority until now. They've stood in the way of bills most Democrats would oppose. Things are likely to change in January, when Republicans take charge of the Senate.
If Senate Republicans follow the path of their House counterparts, he could be faced with proposals to repeal Obamacare and budgets that cut entitlement programs - the type of bills that will meet a quick end at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 6, 2014
Republican Hawks Already Have a War Plan for ISIS, Ukraine, and Obama -- Eli Lake, Daily Beast
The Tide Is Turning Against ISIS in Iraq -- Riyadh Mohammed, The Fiscal Times
ISIS Has 9,000 ‘Core Fighters.’ Or Maybe 17,000. Or Possibly 30,000. -- Tim Mak, Daily Beast
A New Plan to Heal Syria? -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
The time for a nuclear deal with Iran is now -- The Guardian editorial
Under blue skies, Beijing rolls out a red carpet for Obama and Putin -- Peter Ford, CSM
Analysis - Beyond Burkina Faso, Africa's 'Black Spring' hopes may be premature -- Emma Farge and Bate Felix, Reuters
Nigeria's Chibok girls: What's happening? -- CNN
France Takes Stock of Growing Jihadist Problem -- Julia Amalia Heyer, Spiegel Online
Hungary’s Authoritarian Descent -- Kati Marton, NYT
The Bear Turns: Russia, pivoting to Asia, defines itself against the West. -- Roger Cohen, NYT
Ukraine’s separatists: Shrinking country -- The Economist
What is the best way for the U.S. to counter Russia’s natural gas threats? -- Leslie Palti-Guzman, Reuters
Sorry, GOP: Why Obama's Foreign-Policy Follies Will Drag On -- James Jay Carafano, National Interest
Who Shot Bin Laden? A Tale of Two SEALs -- Matthew Cole and Anna Schecter, NBC
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