As election day nears, both the Democrats and Republicans are inching to discover what the new wave of elected officials shall bring.
White House senior adviser David Axelrod told a CBS program that he hoped more Republican gains would bring more cooperation. He also accused Republicans of intentional obstruction since President Obama took office last year along with Democratic majorities is the House and the Senate.
"The posture of the Republican Party from the moment we got here has been basically to deprive the president of bipartisan support so they could accuse him of not being bipartisan," Axelrod said.
Ed Gillespie, former Republican National Committee chairman, stated that there would be a continued hard-line GOP stance on issues regarding spending. "If they can find some areas where you can get spending restraint with this administration, Republicans would be happy to go along with that," Gillespie said.
I find it very unlikely that GOP gains will translate to greater bipartisan cooperation. On the other hand, I think it would probably have the adverse effect of creating even more discrepancies. The political climate at this point in time seems very black and white between the two political parties, and I believe having an even more balanced amount of representatives from both political parties will only ignite an even bigger influx of convoluted controversies in Congress.
Do you think GOP gains will bring more or less cooperation? Do you believe its beneficial to have a more balanced Congress regarding political parties?
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I definitely agree with your perspective, Danielle. Although Mr. Axelrod is doing an admirable job of trying to contrive a silver lining for the expected losses of the Democrats in the forthcoming mid-term elections to boost party morale, the fact of the matter is that GOP gains will do anything but lead to more cooperation.
In defense of his claims, Axelrod asserted, "So I'm hoping that with more seats, the Republicans will feel a greater sense of responsibility to work with us to solve some of these problems." Although his reasoning may seem sound to some, the fact of the matter is that Democrats have the Presidency and Axelrod expects them to retain Congressional majorities. If Axelrod's speculation is correct and the Democrats continue to have both of these positions, the Republicans will have no reason to feel compelled to act responsibly and will inevitably continue to sabotage the Democratic agenda as no blame for failure will be placed on them.
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