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No whining here. Just telling it like it is. There was no overwhelming victory by the republicans in the midterms and it's moot point anyway. Even with a majority in both houses they can't get their act together.
And "my side" varies as I never vote straight ticket. One of the best senators Indiana ever had was Republican Senator Richard Lugar, and i voted for him in the primary which required me to vote all republican. Out of state pac money and a smear campaign got him beat by some idiot named Murdock that ending up saying rape was the will of God. That in turn was the coup de grace that got him beat in the final election by dem Donelly.
Any time one party gains the way the republicans did in the last election, its a big victory. Dems did it in 06 and it was big then. But yeah, I don't think it matters all that much. Nothing is going to get done. Nothing gets done in the senate without 60 votes, and neither party is likely to get to that level any time soon. The country wil basically be on cruise control until the next election--Obama will rule by executive order and congress will try to stop him. It is funny how the man of hope and change has now because the guardian of the status quo.