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The Landscape Ahead Going in to the race for the Senate 2014, we always
knew it would be the Republican Partys to lose. Democrats had to defend
21 Senate seats, seven of them in states won by Mitt Romney in the 2012
presidential election, while Republicans had just 15 seats to defend, with
only one of them won by Barack Obama in 2012.
Now, as the 2016 cycle begins (right after the 2014 cycle ends, in my book),
the tables are turned, and its looking like the Senate majority Republicans
just won may last for just two years.
The roles of the two parties are flipped except for Republicans may have it
worse in 2016 than Democrats had in 2014. Republicans have 24 seats up,
including seven won by Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, and two held by
Obama in 2008, while Democrats have just 10 seats to defend, none of
which went for Mitt Romney.
The first Democratic targets will be Republicans Mark Kirk (IL), Pat
Toomey (PA), Ron Johnson (WI), Rob Portman (OH), Kelly Ayotte (NH),
and Marco Rubio (FL). These are six of the seven Obama 08/12
Republicans, and this group were all elected in 2010 and their wins were
more reflective of the GOP wave that year than their states environments.
Other states Democrats are eyeing are Indiana and North Carolina, where
Dan Coats and Richard Burr respectively, will be up for re-election, both in
states won by Obama in 2008. Primary challenges for a number of moderate
Tuesday (EST)
President Obama will participate in a State Arrival Welcome Ceremony, to
begin the official start of his State Visit to China with President Xi, even
though he has been in the country for two days.
At 8:15 PM, the President will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping,
before delivering statements with President Xi at 10:40 PM.
Wednesday (EST)
At 11:30 AM, Obama will attend a State Banquet hosted by Xi.
At 3:05 AM, the President leaves Beijing for Naypyitaw, Burma, where he
arrives at 8:25 AM.
At 8:50 AM, he will attend an East Asia Summit Gala Dinner, and then will
remain overnight in Burma (since it is the night at this point in Burma, and
Obama will go to sleep.)
Obama, Xi Cut Climate Deal U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese
President Xi Jinping both pledged Wednesday to slash or limit carbon
emissions over the next two decades in a bid by the worlds two biggest
greenhouse gas polluters to kick-start global talks to combat climate
change, according to Politico.
This agreement comes after several round of talks between the two nations,
with the pollution targets set by both Presidents, ambitious goals, not
expected to be released yet.
Obama promised that America would accelerate the pace of reduction in
carbon dioxide emissions already slated through 2020, by cutting emissions
by 26-28% below 2005 levels by the year 2025. Meanwhile, Xi pledged
China would set a target of having carbon dioxide emissions stop rising by
around 2030, and possibly earlier. China would also work to get around a
fifth of its energy supply from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, Politico
reported.
This pledge by Obama with China comes as Obama has promised to make
executive orders on climate change by the end of the year, a promise he
reportedly still plans to keep with a rollout of climate change actions in
December.