Article snippet: A growing number of Republicans say a course correction is needed to prevent their party from losing the House, Senate or both given strong political headwinds that one veteran lawmaker likened to a “hurricane.” GOP calls to work more with Democrats next year are becoming more common as Republicans look for ways to win over swing voters. “One thing you can say about this year is that it was pretty partisan,” Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) told reporters on Friday at a year-end press conference. “We’re going to be looking for areas of bipartisan agreement because that’s the way the Senate is.” The successful tax-cut bill, beyond lowering the corporate rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, also repeals the ObamaCare mandate that most individuals have health insurance, an important victory for MORE. Yet polls show weak public support for the tax bill, and Democrats are working hard to cast it as a handout to the wealthy. The ObamaCare repeal effort also was decidedly unpopular in polls, and was seen as playing a role in decisive defeats for Republicans in Virginia’s off-year elections in November. Public support for the health-care bill dropped as low as 17 percent, and a recent NBC News–Wall Street Journal poll showed that only 24 percent of Americans though the Republican tax plan was a good idea. Recent polls show that Democrats have their biggest lead over Republicans on the generic ballot question since 2006, when Democrats captured control of the Senate an... Link to the full article to read more