After a miserable election year for the Democrats, President Obama managed to salvage a good year by taking matters in his own hands the closing months. He has forced the Republicans to address some real issues in 2015, notably immigration and reshaping American policy toward Cuba. He also took unilateral steps on addressing climate change with China, as well as extending the length of visas to Chinese working and studying in the United States. Of course, none of this sat well with Republicans after their resounding nationwide victories in Congressional and gubernatorial elections. They seemed to feel they finally had the critical mass to overturn "Obamacare" once and for all, but now they find themselves having to deal with much more thorny issues they would have preferred to set aside until 2016 and beyond. Immigration is a particular sore point. Obama had held off on taking executive action at the behest of fellow Democrats who felt the issue ...