TBH, he will still have to deal with a devided congress with a GOP majority in the house and the dem's majority in the senate...
Nothing will change, as this has been the same situation as the last four (?) years where very little can be done on this "bi-partisan" basis...
The next major issue over the coming four years, besides the economy, will be immigration reform...
Latino and asian population is booming atm, both of which lean heavily towards the Democratic Party by a 3:1 ratio... White populations are shrinking because they are simply dying off... This is why states like Nevada, Colorado, Florida, maybe Arizona and possibly even Texas and Louisiana in the long run will become something for the Dem's to rely on just as they can right now with much of the north-east (save Indiana) and the west coast states...
That leaves the repooplicans with little else than the heartland and deep redneck areas to win some votes, making it impossible for them to win unless they change drastically (which, looking at romney during the campaign, isn't hard to do)... The Democrats can only fuck it up for themselves really...
Little sidenote:
Weed is now legal in the states of Colorado and Washington... This will hurt tourism in Amsterdam a lot..!
Back to the point though:
Changing demographics ar changing the U.S. as younger and most non-white people don't give two shites about who marries who, and dwell enough on the internets to not take religion too seriously (so abortion and evolution might cease to be an issue)... I'll hold my judgement before I declare america sane again, but there are some major indicators that it is going in the right direction...
TL;DR:
FOUR MORE BEERS!
Nothing will change, as this has been the same situation as the last four (?) years where very little can be done on this "bi-partisan" basis...
The next major issue over the coming four years, besides the economy, will be immigration reform...
Latino and asian population is booming atm, both of which lean heavily towards the Democratic Party by a 3:1 ratio... White populations are shrinking because they are simply dying off... This is why states like Nevada, Colorado, Florida, maybe Arizona and possibly even Texas and Louisiana in the long run will become something for the Dem's to rely on just as they can right now with much of the north-east (save Indiana) and the west coast states...
That leaves the repooplicans with little else than the heartland and deep redneck areas to win some votes, making it impossible for them to win unless they change drastically (which, looking at romney during the campaign, isn't hard to do)... The Democrats can only fuck it up for themselves really...
Little sidenote:
Weed is now legal in the states of Colorado and Washington... This will hurt tourism in Amsterdam a lot..!
Back to the point though:
Changing demographics ar changing the U.S. as younger and most non-white people don't give two shites about who marries who, and dwell enough on the internets to not take religion too seriously (so abortion and evolution might cease to be an issue)... I'll hold my judgement before I declare america sane again, but there are some major indicators that it is going in the right direction...
TL;DR:
FOUR MORE BEERS!