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Christian Science Monitor: Why Republican midterm sweep might be less impressive than it seems
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2014/1109/Why-Republican-midterm-sweep-might-be-less-impressive-than-it-seems"The overwhelming feeling Tuesday night was that everything was changing.
An election that looked like it might come down to the last vote in many states instead became a blowout. Republicans regained control of the Senate, emphatically, and an embattled president found the political walls closing in around him.
So, in the aftermath, questions have naturally turned to, "How might Washington change?" Will President Obama and the Republican Senate find ground for compromise? Would Mr. Obama's proposed executive action on immigration "poison the well" of potential bipartisanship?"