BY SUSAN ESTRICH The electoral map looks strikingly similar to the one four years ago, but the post-election landscape could not be more different. Four years ago, the president went to Washington with a mandate for sweeping “change,” Democratic control of the House and a filibuster-proof Senate. This time, he faces the same sort of divided government that for the past two years has given us gridlock, a bitter partisan divide and an electorate that […]
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