Obama v. Congress

Well the results are in and the Republicans now control both houses. The message that Obama should have received from the American voters should have ironically been change.

 

 Public opinion of Obama and the government overall has been subject through a steady decrease. As a person that wants to see cooperation in Washington the remarks from President Obama were not encouraging. The day after the Senate elections Obama gave a press conference, the President didn't do much to suggest that his White House would work differently.   Obama and CNN has a point, and is reasonable to expect more vetoes with no democrat Senate to stop the bills from reaching his desk, and with the Republican openly challenging the president’s policies.

As a matter of fact a CNN article predicts Obama actually using his veto power more often. Obama himself even said "Congress will pass some bills I cannot sign. I'm pretty sure I'll take some actions that some in Congress will not like. That's natural. That's how our democracy works". With the threat of an executive order to combat the immigration laws and a Congress that is ready to challenge the President at any step who knows what the future holds.