The grassroots Tea Party movement is gaining momentum with the GOP's and Sarah Palin's backing. Winners include Senator elect Rand Paul of Kentucky, Senator elect Marco Rubio of Florida (a favorite for the 2012 Vice-Presidential ticket), and Senator elect Mike Lee of Utah.
Several polls conducted by ABC News indicate that the number one issue in everyone's minds are JOBS, with our military personnel overseas claim that the one issue on their minds are how will they get a job or complete their education when they come back home.
I feel that as one of the worst midterm election turnouts in history, Barrack Obama needs to do something about his policy and act as quickly as possible if he is going to bring about the change he wants and the change that America is still waiting for. These election results demonstrate the frustration with Washington for the lack of progress that many people have been waiting for.
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I think that the fact that the Senate is still Democratic still is saying something about the party in power, the Democrats. If both parts of Congress were to change and shift dramatically towards the Republican party, it would be more of a huge statement to claim a resurgence of Republicans is on the rise!
In my opinion, this midterm election results turned out the way it did because people didn't give Democrats a chance, and are giving Republicans the chance. They didn't see quick changes, so they changed who they were rooting for. The House of Representatives has gone to the Republicans which worries me because I don't want them to impede Obama's agenda. I want them to do what's best for the country even if that means agreeing with the opposite party. I wasn't happy with the way this election turned out, but if Republicans are willing to work with Democrats (which I am doubtful of) then our country could get back on track
Politics today are in such a sad state. When I did research about the California governor race, it was clear that many of the candidates had the same goals with only slightly different ways of achieving them. For example, both Brown and Whitman want to put more money into schools and part of both of their plan is to streamline grants. Well if they have the same idea, WHY CAN'T THEY PASS LEGISLATION IN CASES WHERE BOTH PARTIES AGREE?! It's ridiculous. I think a start that Obama could make is pointing out similarities between parties and going from there. I know that there are certain fundamental differences, but EVERYONE agrees that more jobs need to be made, etc, etc. Maybe these similarities can get the parties some momentum in moving forward and compromising, because some views look awfully similar.
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