President Obama took the Republican Senate and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in particular, to task during an NPR interview in which he made a novel observation: voters did decide and they elected both him and McConnell to do their jobs for an entire term. Caitlin MacNeal reports:

"One of the most puzzling arguments that I've heard from [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and some other Republicans is this notion that the American people should decide. We should let the American people decide as part of this election, who gets to fill this seat," Obama told NPR in an interview set to air in full on Friday morning. "Well, in fact the American people did decide — back in 2012 when they elected me president of the United States with sufficient electoral votes." "And they also decided that the Republicans would be in the majority," the President continued. "They didn't say we're going to decide that you are going to be in charge for three years and then in the last year you all take a break. They say 'No, you're the president for four years and Mr. McConnell you're going to be the leader because we've given you a Majority in the Senate."

Not to steal the president’s thunder here, but this observation has been patently obvious to everyone advanced enough to leave the house alone during the day. The GOP will pay a price for this. You cannot make a totally moronic argument for eight full months and be rewarded by voters for your stupidity. The GOP base may be off the rails, but the entire country isn’t. The American people decided once, and they will decide again. They will also have the ability to remove Mitch from his reign of misguided power over the Senate even if they can’t vote him out of office.