back in the comfort zone

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So. The Americans have had their customary mid-term protest, a phenomenon, let's face it, we know something about ourselves. Obama has been dented, but the Tea Party idiots did not sweep all before them as some of us feared. The Californian candidate for governor for instance, spent no less than 160 million clams on her campaign and still bummed out. I tell you, buying elections these days sure is hard.

Now the senate is controlled by one side, while the house of representatives is in the hands of the other. And this is what your American likes to see. They have an inherent distrust of centralised government (so do I oddly, though for very different reasons)and nothing makes them happier than to see it hamstrung in precisely this way.

I wouldn't rule out O winning again next time, but he is entitled to wear a bit of a worried frown right now. Good luck, mate. You're gonna need it...