>>>>It's happened.
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>>>has the sky fallen ?
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>>And you can thank the intransigence (sp?) of Harry Reid and Obama for it..
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>The US govt system seems a bit weird from over here. How can you elect a government that can't govern. If the republicans don't like what Obama is doing shouldn't they be ensuring their man (or woman) gets elected next time. As I understand it this tactic usually backfires onto the non president side.

I much prefer the British system. There is an election and the ruling party gets to enact their policies. If the public doesn't like it they can toss them out the next time. Here it's just constant politics.