[DB]

Well if it doesn’t mean much, why are you writing about it, much less whining about it?

[billhilly]

You're on target. If I may state the obvious, one third of the Senate is up for election each election cycle. Let's say the Senate is comprised of 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats. With an administration falling like a rock almost certainly some democrats would vote with republicans,(Joe Manchin, (D W. Va)for instance. Another factor is an upcoming Presidential election. None of them are going to want to identify with the last gasp efforts of Obama, et al, so there are likely to be temporary shifts in alliances, not all along party lines. It should be an interesting two years. We have been through these situations time and time again, yet Chicken Little always believes the sky is falling.