I think everbody kind of expected that Congress was going to be completely different after this year's elections, and they were right. 58 formerly democratic seats in the House of Representatives are now held by Republicans. Not only did congress change drastically, but the majority of governers are now Rebulicans also. Interestingly, this year's midterm campaigns were the most expensive midterm campaigns ever seen by this country.
Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said, "Voters sent a message that change has not happened fast enough.” I thought that was interesting that a leader of the democratic party would make that comment, when the Obama campaign two years ago was all about "change". I agree with the majority of Americans in this case, that change is not happening fast enough. And I will go further to say that the changes that have been made so far, like the health care reform, are not changes I support.
President Obama made a comment about hoping that he can cooperate with all the republicans in congress now. It sound like he is expecting to have to make a lot of compromises in the next two years, with the majority of congress working towards different goals. He did not get the support he was hoping for from his home, the seat he used to occupy in the Senate is now held by a republican.
All in all, this was a historic election, and I hope things in this country will start looking up now.
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