Now that the election is over and the Democrats have a majority in Congress, what changes can we expect?

I believe that the new Speaker of the House, extreme liberal that she is, will nevertheless use her power to keep the extremists in check and work very hard to gain as much ground as she can through bipartanship compromise. To do otherwise would be to invite veto after veto.

We can only hope this will be the case, because nothing else makes sense. From a liberal point of view, I’m glad that recaltrant Republicans will be forced to compromise as well if they don’t want to get stalled out completely.

But how likely is it that everyone can put their hard feelings aside and work together to get the business of government done, or will it be a case of revenge on the Democrats side and contrariness on the Republican side?

The President has taken the first step by letting the Secretary of Defense go, which I’m sure he did not want to do. I hope this olive branch will be reciprocated.

How about we start a new day, concerning ourselves with what is best for the country, not any specific party? Surely there is room for agreement somewhere.