>Mike,
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>> from the past 8 years.
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>Since this phrase is getting SO much air time of late.. I'm curious why the democrat controlled congress hasn't already solved/prevented all of the problems in the last 2 years???
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>Just a tongue-in-cheek political observation from one voter who is quite tired of nearly every politician...

Controlled is too strong a word. They don't have enough of a majority to get much done. They hope to pick up enough seats next month that they will have about a 60-40 advantage. If they get that and Obama is elected, there won't be any excuses.