>>Contrary to the notion held so dear by some, the economy seems to do a lot better under Democratic presidents than Republican ones.
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>The economy does a lot better under divided government than single party control.

That may be true as well.

I'm not sure what an undivided government would be in our system, though. The Democrats have a heavy majority in both houses of Congress and the Republicans are still able to thwart most of their initiatives. (While trying to stop every single one of them). All you need is 41 votes in the Senate.

It surprises me some, although it probably shouldn't, that they are trying to block reform of the financial system. Surely they have not developed total amnesia about what happened two years ago, so I am attributing it to pure orneriness in an election year. (And not saying the Democrats would be any different if the roles were reversed).