Despite media hoopla about a Republican revolution, little has changed in Washington since the GOP took control of Congress in 1995.
Voters tend to blame politicians for the gridlock.
Tom Bethell blames the system itself. Some federal welfare was turned back to the states. Bill Clinton felt obliged at one point to say that the era of big government was over. He didn t mean it, and it isn t. The beneficiaries of specific programs have vastly more influence than the many who know nothing.