Republicans will hold only a nine-seat majority in the House. The Senate is dead even at 50-50, meaning Dick Cheney would have to spend a lot of time breaking ties as vice president. The former Democratic Party chairman and ambassador to the Soviet Union said politicians can take inspiration from how the public itself acted during the recent unpleasantness. The public has shown a good deal of discipline. Now we need to follow their example.
Many politicians are optimistic.
Some draw a distinction between a country that is deeply divided and a country that is evenly divided. But I do think that people want to come together. They want to support their president. If they're going to take a hard line view, it's going to be very hard for him to be effective. Either way, Mr. Frost said the country's pronounced differences won't go underground.