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Originally Posted by papa_smurf
This has been interesting to watch from a non-US perspective. Does this mean President Obama will find it difficult getting laws passed? Will the Republicans try to block new legislation or not risk it, as that might dent their chances of getting into power in 2 years time 
Still, much more interesting than the bunch we got  |
The Senate is still dem, but much important stuff will need both houses in agreement.
The net result is nothing sweeping can possibly come from Obama except if it is liked by the Republicans. Sadly, in the first 2 years he set up stuff where unelected regulators will set policies that can still fubar the country (much of the real problem with the healthcare bill is that the specifics were not passed, but they set up things so huge changes could come later with no votes at all by people
appointed).
The country would have been better off with this kind of gridlock for the whole Obama admin (not to mention Obama would be better off, because he would have had to been centrist to pass
anything.)