https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/04/time-to-take-politics-off-the-table/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 02:32:24 -0400<![CDATA[After the deal on the debt ceiling, both parties abandoned the attempt to govern the country and instead attacked each other relentlessly for more than a year. The 2012 election, though hard fought, did more to obscure than to clarify the choices we face. And the outcome of the election didn’t resolve those choices one way or the other. While President Obama won reelection and Senate Democrats expanded their majority by two seats, the voters left the House of Representatives under Republican control, with a majority only modestly reduced from its huge gains of November 2010.]]>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:10:52 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/04/time-to-take-politics-off-the-table-n98020