Episode II: A New Hope?

With the election over, President Obama having been re-elected, the Democrats holding a majority in the Senate, and the Republicans losing many seats in the House, but still maintaining a majority, we can finally say goodbye to all of the inane, redundant campaign commercials. We finally don’t have to put up with each side calling the other a liar, and then presenting completely opposing viewpoints on each other’s candidates. We have finally reached a hiatus in what seemed to be a never-ending, brutal ad campaign between the two major political parties. We can finally get down to what really matters: running the country… right?<n>

Maybe I’m being too hopeful, but maybe we can see an end to the bickering and fighting between the two major parties in Congress. Maybe we can see the end of the gridlocked battle lines erected in the House, so that we can really work towards a recovery. Maybe we can see the end of (now shown futile) attempts of many, many Republicans to completely discredit President Obama in order to prevent him from having a second term, and see them finally start to cooperate in order to restore America to where it should be. With the new stance taken by Speaker Boehner in the House, it seems like we might be able to see these men and women put aside their political goals for the greater good of the country.<n>

John Boehner spoke to his party shortly after the election, telling them, in no uncertain terms, that they had lost the election badly, and that they could not allow what had been happening for the past two years to continue any longer. Regardless of whether or not this is their strategy to keep their party alive, or he really wants them to be able to work with Democrats in the House, it is a very refreshing change of pace. While not all of the Republicans in the House may agree with the stance the Speaker seems to be taking, a large number of them seem to have finally “fallen in line”. We can only hope that this behavior will continue indefinitely, as what this country needs most now is to be united, not divided, as so many of these people have accused the President of trying to do. After years of a bitter stalemate and stagnation within Congress, we may at last see the action taken needed to get this country out of this recession, and back on its feet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/us/politics/boehner-tells-house-gop-to-fall-in-line.html?smid=fb-share