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The US midterm elections, the Republicans have been a clear win. President Obama faces two lonely last years in office. In Washington, now the tight conservatives regain influence – with a new key figure.

The election night brought a bitter defeat for the Democrats. Oh, more than that: It was a bombshell. The Republicans have expanded its majority in the House and they won in the Senate, the Democrats have there – as early morning – removed all seven states. Something called: turn a game.

But above all, this is a setback for the man who did not stand for election: Barack Obama.

Nearly complete, the President had kept out of the election campaign, but it was all about him. With Obama’s approval ratings in the basement – with only about 40 percent – searched the Republicans the election into a referendum on the man in the White House remodel. They succeeded.

Now it is on the one hand no surprise that the president is punished in the half of his term by the voters, this is a tradition. On the other hand, it is still a surprise that Obama’s Democrats was played so badly. All this is reminiscent of the defeat, the George W. Bush import at the 2006 midterms. The man had the Americans out in two wars, even instigated one of them.

US Congress Elections:Is Obama really so bad?

No, he is not. But it helped him everything nothing: Not the low unemployment (six percent), not economic growth (3.5 percent). Because Americans are disappointed and confused at the same time: Disappointed, because of the upturn in most matters nothing; insecure, because felt lined crisis to crisis: Ebola, Ukraine, jihadists. The mood is lousy, the mistrust in principle. The Republicans are not popular, quite the contrary. The midterms were thus perceived more as a choice between two evils – if you went vote at all.

That’s why America is not moved in last night to the right. Rather, the country lurches.

US Congress Elections:Why could then win the Republican?

Because their core clientele, mainly the old, white men, was better to mobilize; because in the Senate this time those seats were proposed, in which the Democrats had more to lose; because the boys, Latinos, blacks are disappointed by a president who did not consider what he promised. Whether this happened now because of the resistance of the infiltrated by the Tea Party Republicans or not, is irrelevant here. It was now time, the President, had promised the people change. And he is the one who can not deliver now.

Obama is not a decisive leader like Ronald Reagan, but a thoughtful. He is not emotionally like Bill Clinton, but cool-rational. He is not a deal maker as Lyndon Johnson, but a loner. In short: Obama does not fit so well into this polarized time. He had set out to reconcile the country. And just so that he is now finally failed. This Tuesday, voters have deprived him more than just the remainders of his parliamentary majority. The confidence in his strength is gone.

Obama is, as they say, in his last two years in office now a “lame duck”.

He has the entire Congress against him, he will get dozens of bills on the table that he just can stop by veto. No more split up just yet Parliament, but he will continue to stand as a blocker.

Of course, he is now trying vorbeizuregieren on Parliament: By executive order, such as in matters of immigration. You will see a kind of offensive in this matter, for long it goes to the President for his image in the history books. Such a policy without Parliament but is not permanent, the arrangements are his tenure might not last. Anyway, talking the whole country by this Wednesday at the presidential race in 2016. So Hillary Clinton.

US Congress Elections:And the Republicans? Now are virtually government party.

You could make now instead of block: Immigration Reform, NSA reform, social reform, fight against the growing inequality. Everywhere compromises are needed everywhere the confidence of the people can be recovered in the institutions of their community. But that will happen? Very doubtful. The once proud Republican Party is the future led by Mitch McConnell, the new majority leader in the Senate. An experienced in five decades of political opportunist with no beliefs. He has used in recent years, the radical minority in his group to stop Obama. Now they will put pressure on him, he must give them something back.

With these people, no state has to make. Goodbye, Mr. President

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