VOTERS TO REPUBLICANS:  FIGHT! – AT 10:58 A.M. ET:  The American people want Republicans in Congress to stand up for their beliefs.  From the Washington Examiner: 

A strong majority of U.S. voters want Congress to continue to pass legislation the president opposes, like for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a clear sign that they now see Washington's power shifting to the GOP-controlled Capitol Hill.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll issued Friday found that 59 percent of voters "think Congress should continue to pass legislation that most members of Congress support even if the president is opposed."

Just 25 percent want Congress to cave into the White House and 16 percent are unsure.

Despite bipartisan support, Obama vetoed the Keystone bill this week, and is promising to use the veto pen much more in his last two years in office.

The poll of 800 likely voters taken this week could also strengthen the backbone of Republicans eager to use the Department of Homeland Security spending bill to punish Obama's decision last year to grant worker amnesty to some 5 million illegal immigrants.

COMMENT:  What Americans are saying is, "We elected you, now do what the voters instructed you to do."  But Republicans work hard to be ineffective, and even harder to lose elections.  So far their record in the new Congress has been mush.  We can't afford mush in the upcoming presidential battle.  We elect a new president in about 20 months. 

February 28,  2015