… In fact, if there were any mandate from voters this year, it was for an end to gridlock and partisanship. Newly elected members say they got the message. Post-election press conferences found GOP leaders and the President preaching the virtues of compromise or, at the very least, comity.
But, the dirty secret about “wave” elections is that they actually wash out those in Congress who are the most willing (and most politically motivated) to do the compromising. These waves have also wiped out a generation of politicians who actually knew what it was like to work with the other side. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report