Veto power

One of the things that turned me off about Senator Ted Cruz was the way he tried to fool people into thinking that if the Republicans took the senate they could roll back Obamacare. At the time the Republicans held 46 seats and if they took the majority and had 51 they still could not repeal Obamacare. The reason is that The President would veto the vote and it would take 67 senate votes to override a presidential veto. It would likely never get to the president because the Democrats would filibuster and that takes 60 votes to overcome. Cruz didn’t lie but he didn’t tell the whole story. I talked to many people who believed that with 51 senators they could roll back Obamacare. Now the same thing is happening with the latest rulings on carbon from the EPA. Some senators are saying that if the Republicans take the senate they can stop the EPA. They leave out the fact that The President can veto and they would need 67 senators to override the veto. The only way to get rid of Obamacare and to stop the EPA is to have the majority in the senate and house and have a new president so nothing will happen until after the 2016 elections. The President has brought to the forefront the realization that a president can run the country much like a dictator unless two-thirds of both houses vote to restrain him. Regardless of whom the president is this makes me a little uncomfortable.