Quote Originally Posted by bdoughty View Post
Republicans have taken control of the Senate. That is all.
While they took control of it, they don't have enough to override any vetos by Obama, so I have little to no faith of anything changing or getting done still these next two years. The House and (possibly now Senate) will still try to repeatedly repeal Obamacare and keep trotting out repeals for various Obama programs or bills, Obama will veto, nothing will change, rinse, wash, repeat, nothing will still get done.

Instead of working together with Obama on things, they'll just continue trotting out bills trying to force Obama to go on record as vetoing it and just continue to play partisan politics. It's all that will ever happen anymore. We've reached the point of non-return in terms of nonpartisan politics and trying to get things done for the good of the country instead of toeing the party line and trying win brownie points and money with their party donors.

The only thing anything will ever get done in this country ever again (short of just completely firing the entirety of congress and starting over or forcing term limits on career politicians) is one party or the other having full power in control of the White House, Senate and House. Short of that, nothing will ever get done, now and in the future.