https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/10/05/two-americas-the-47-percent-versus-the-bitter-clingers/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 09:10:36 -0400<![CDATA[A reelected President Obama may well find himself with almost no Plains or Southern Democrats in Congress outside of a few House members in Dixie’s handful of overwhelmingly African-American districts. With little reason to make compromise or common cause with solid red-state Republicans, the administration could leave the denizens of these states to bitterly cling to their guns and religion, while the president expands on his first-term practice of bypassing Congress to legislate by decree on everything from environmental policy to immigration and the implementation of health-care reform.]]>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:00:25 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/10/05/two-americas-the-47-percent-versus-the-bitter-clingers-n96367