https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2011/01/06/get-used-to-it-liberals-it-could-be-six-years-before-dems-accomplish-anything-new/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 10:18:19 -0400<![CDATA[Politicos and pundits are used to thinking in two-year cycles, and it’s easy to convince oneself that, in 2012, Obama will be able to capitalize on an improved economy, favorable voter-turnout patterns, and a weak GOP presidential field in order to sweep into office with a renewed mandate. But that misses a big part of the picture. Even if Obama wins reelection by a comfortable margin, it’s most likely that the House will remain in Republican hands and Democrats will lose seats in, and perhaps control of, the Senate—and beyond that, Republicans will probably do fairly well in 2014. In other words, we could be looking not at two years of damage control, but six&#8230;]]>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:30:40 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2011/01/06/get-used-to-it-liberals-it-could-be-six-years-before-dems-accomplish-anything-new-n80327