By Kyle Frazier
Round Table editor-in-chief

The political cycle continues in this 2010 election year. An 800-pound elephant is in the room; that is to say, the Grand Old Party has taken back the U.S. House of Representatives. Hide your kids, hide your wife because Congress is not going to get anything done.

The teabaggers and other conservatives are in euphoria because of the recent election. However, they fail to recognize the Gridlock that is going to occur in a matter of no time at all, because President Obama will veto a good majority of what the GOP tries to pass.

In effect, although it didn’t seem possible, the U.S. government is even more inefficient.

Although there is a slight chance that Obama will learn to compromise and the conservative House will be willing to compromise with open minds, both of these would only occur in a perfect world. Perfection is often impossible, but, hopefully, the stubborn leaders of the two parties can find some common ground and will compromise.

Compromise, however, may be difficult with the stubborn ignoramus the GOP has selected for the Speaker of the House, Florida Sen. John Boehner.

This grunt’s first declaration was to “repeal this monstrosity” (in reference to the health care bill). After hearing this, one must ask which insurance agency is behind his attacking position.  

Obama has actually agreed to tweak the bill to help some businesses as has Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D-Nev.). The Republicans cannot expect to win this fight. Making changes to the bill may fly, but the entire repeal would be out of the question.

There are extreme ends of both sides of the political spectrum (i.e. television commentators Glenn Beck  and Keith Olbermann) and both of them are probably in a big fit about the recent elections, but rest assured, nothing is going to change for better or worse. Well, maybe worse, but still the gap between liberals and conservatives will not allow work to be done as it has this entire decade.