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Americans like divided government. So I don't think you're likely to see any civil war.

Either McCain will be elected with a Democrat Congress, or Obama and the Democrats will get in this year and lose big in 2010.

The other factor is that parties and movements are never as homogeneous as people think. Even when a party gets a majority in different branches of government, there are still divisions that make it hard for it to speak with one voice.

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Either McCain will be elected with a Democrat Congress, or Obama and the Democrats will get in this year and lose big in 2010.

If there are elections held in 2010.