McManus continues: 'Obama's opportunity may lie in making a clearer pivot to long-term fiscal responsibility, endorsing ideas that come from his deficit commission next month and challenging the Republicans – now that they're in charge in the House – to say what they would cut instead. When the Democrats lost in 1994, Clinton's reaction the next day was: 'They sent us a clear message.

Some have suggested that Obama may draw comfort from the way Bill Clinton took on a hostile Congress led by Newt Gingrich in 1994.īut Doyle McManus in the Los Angeles Times says Obama's challenge is more difficult. The post adds: 'Obama has joked about Boehner's famous tan, quipping that the GOP leader was 'a person of colour'.'

'Obama and Boehner share a fondness for golf and cigarettes, but beyond frequent verbal broadsides and the occasional lighthearted quip, the two have never really connected,' it reports. The Hill foresees a clash of personalities between Obama and the likely new leader of the House, John Boenher. He writes: 'What if the dreaded gridlock we seem to be mired in is actually the way we work through very complex issues that do not have immediate, simple, sweeping solutions – no matter what our political ideologues say or how attractive such solutions might sound? What if gridlock is actually good when facing systemic, complex, and intricately interdependent problems? … (In retrospect, wouldn't it have been better if we had some serious gridlock regarding going to war with Iraq?)' There will be gridlock, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, argues Rabbi Irwin Kula for the Huffington Post. 'After winning the House by railing against billion-dollar spending bills, Republican leaders are unlikely to give these ideas the time of day – unless, perhaps, an infrastructure fund is paired with tax cuts favoured by the right, such as a payroll tax holiday,' Politico predicts.įears of gridlock are not shared by everyone. And the prospects for stimulus spending looks bleak. It says there will be much effort on the part of Republicans to repeal Obama's healthcare reform but predicts this will get nowhere. Looking at the nuts and bolts of policy, Politico examines 10 policy areas and rates the chances of agreement. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.'Once each side starts talking details and the political lines harden, it becomes tough to see how any serious legislating can get done over the next two years,' it reports. “I think disruptions like the Orange Line shutdown remind drivers just how important having quality transit lines are,” Stober added.

Try to really leverage the flexibility of buses where possible,” said Pishue.įor drivers already dealing with daily bumper to bumper traffic, they’re going to have a lot more company. “Hopefully, after a few days they can go back and visit and ok lets take 30 buses and put them over to that street, lets take 30 and do that. While the state has a plan in place, experts said it will likely need to be tweaked. The 7NEWS Traffic Tracker drove the Orange Line shuttle bus route Tuesday afternoon experiencing heavy traffic without the buses on the road yet. “On the Pike, Columbus Avenue and Huntington Avenue, some of those big streets that run adjacent to the Orange Line,” said Stober. However, experts have a few more areas to add. Highway officials are urging T commuters not to drive into the city, predicting critical traffic bottlenecks popular areas.

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