For most of the past two years, President Barack Obama and his congressional cronies have called the GOP the party of no. They of course meant it as an insult and hoped saying it over and over (and over) would gain them political traction. But they weren't listening to the majority of the American people who wanted Republicans to put up as strong an opposition to the Obama agenda as their minority status allowed. The voters didn't just want Republicans to be the party of no; they wanted them to be the party of absolutely not.

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Senate Republicans have a counter attack ready if, despite the president's allegedly bipartisan summit, Democrats try to pass Obamacare via mis-use of the reconciliation process. While that process requires only a simple majority to pass a bill and limits debate time, it does not limit the number or content of proposed amendments to a reconciliation bill and Republicans could offer hundreds of them, forcing Democrats to vote on each one.

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