Sam Guest Instructor Todd J Political Science    Impacts the  Midterm Congressional Elections has on the  Presidential Election in   In the  midterm congressional elections the Republican party took control of the House while the Senate remains a Democrat majority With the House being in control by the the Republicans it is going to be difficult if not impossible to pass legislation without some sort of compromise With the economy at a low and the unemployment rate still high the people of The United States are looking for government help to strengthen the economy President Obama has tried to strengthen the economy with the  million dollar stimulus bill Matt Bai a New York Times reporter states in his article about the President DebtBusting Issue May Force Obama Off Fence And in virtually every case he has satisfied pretty much no one With the  presidential election in two years both parties will need to gain the approval of the American people to succeed in the election  The outcome of the  midterm congressional election shows that the  presidential election will be based upon which party can demonstrate that they are going to help the economy grow and act upon the selfinterests of the people  Many are attempting to draw upon historical context to predict the outcome of the next presidential election Some people believe that Obama will be a one term President Marc Pascal a writer for The Moderate Voice in economy law politics and society states in his opinion piece Obama will be a oneterm President  is not a parallel to   or to any other noteworthy year identified by various pundits across the political spectrum What worked sufficiently well in the s and the s for Presidents Reagan and Clinton will not be appropriate for the myriad of challenges facing our nation in  and beyond Pascal relates Obama to be more like Presidents Hoover and Carter who were oneterm Presidents Pascal compares President Obama with Hoover by stating The start of the Great Recession began before the presidential elections Pascal looks back with President Hoover and relates his presidency with Obamas Contrarily President Hoover was elected before the  collapse and his efforts over the next  years were wholly unsuccessful in extricating the US from a deep and structural Depression This huge failure naturally resulted in the  election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Democrats running things for the next  years    In Pascals analysis he concluded that looking back to President Hoovers presidency as well with President Carters presidency Obama would suffer the same fate as they did by only serving one term as president However not everyone agrees with Pascals conclusion Historical analysis shows that this can swing in Obamas favor  Using the opposite argument you could say that President Clinton took a huge blow in the  midterm elections of his presidency with a loss of  House seats along with eight Senate seats thus putting Clintons Presidential agenda in jeopardy With President Clintons popularity down in the  midterm elections President Clinton was able to meet halfway with the Republican legislature allowing him to win the  presidential election Also in  the biggest loss in midterm election history President Franklin D Roosevelt lost  House seats and six Senate seats With Roosevelt suffering tremendous losses in his  midterm election he was still able to run and continue in office for his third and fourth terms Another President  who won reelection after a huge blow in the midterm election is Harry Truman President Truman lost  House seats and  Senate seats during the  midterm election but still won reelection in  With President Obama loosing a historical  House seats and six Senate seats in the  midterm elections history shows it does not mean President Obama will loose reelection in  due to losses in the last midterms  The economy in the United States is currently at a standstill With President Obama signing the stimulus bill the freefalling economy was saved from further peril People in The United States are not satisfied with the way that Obama is handling the economy Updated on December   Obama has approval ratings of  percent strong support but he still faces a high  percent disapproval Rasmussum Reports With Obama having such a high percentage of those against his policies he will need to attempt to meet with the Republicans halfway on upcoming legislation At this moment in time Obama is having little luck compromising with the Republicans Tamara Lytle quotes President Obama in an AARP bulletin Were going to need to work together  Democrats and Republicans and independents  to get it all done But you know what