His interests lie in working with the congress, and their interests lie in working with him.
I'm genuinely curious why that would be so. I feel it's only true for a very small number of first-term Republican senators in states likely to vote heavily Democratic in 2016, and that probably isn't enough to get to 50. The vast majority of Republicans in Congress are best served in primaries and the general election by opposing Obama across the board, falling just shy of a government shutdown or bond default.
