Obama: Secretly a GOP fan

            I just read an article at NYTimes.com that argues a very interesting point: President Obama would be better off in 2012 if the Republicans take control of Congress in the midterms. I found this to be a nice twist on what I usually think (which is the president needs the same party as his own in Congress) and I’m halfway convinced that this is true. The whole argument is that the president does better if he (or she, someday) has an enemy to point to when something goes wrong. With a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress, the party shoulders all the blame which lowers the chances of being elected for a second term. Obama will have to choose between slimming down his proposals to Congress so that they might pass or leaving them as big as they are and campaign saying “I tried to help you, America, but the Republicans wouldn’t let me!”

            I think that this idea could actually work for Obama. Many have been disappointed by him because they thought he would fix all of America’s problems in two years (and, obviously, that hasn’t happened). This could help with the problems he is having with reaching high expectations.