Not only is there no obvious replacement for the retiring Henry Waxman, but the up-and-coming generation of Democratic leadership in the House is pretty uninspiring. I hope to be pleasantly surprised. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to win back the House in 2016 on the coattails of a big presidential win, and that will give these people a chance to legislate again. It should be a huge year for us in the Senate, and if we hold our own this year, we could easily get north of 60 members in the Senate in 2016.
I don’t see us doing much beyond treading water until then.