Originally Posted by kane

Two me the more interesting ones will be immigration and healthcare.

There are a few republican governors who are saying that it is impossible now for the republicans to just repeal Obamacare (never mind the veto) because there are 12 million more people with health insurance now than had it before Obamacare. Many of those are poor people who are not getting very cheap or free insurance. They are going to be pissed if it is taken away from them. So the republicans will need to have a better option ready to go if they want to repeal.

Right now Hispanics and blacks make up roughly 25% of the voters. They vote overwhelmingly democrat. Sometimes a republican might get some Hispanic vote (G.W. Bush did well with them because he speaks Spanish and had a history of being very racial inclusive), but many of them want to see easier ways adopted for helping bring their families and friends to the US legally. The republicans are kind of stuck in a bad situation here. If they adopt liberal immigration reform they will likely piss off a good chunk of their base. If they don't they will likely not gain any of those much needed minority voters who will then turn out in droves for the democrat.

I have a feeling we will see some serious fighting on these topics.

Of course they may just choose to ignore them and focus on the economy. If the economy is better in 2 years and republicans can get some of the credit for that it will help them out a lot.