“It was a season of progress,” Obama said happily Wednesday.
Shortly after the November 2 election, in which Republicans recaptured control of the House and boosted their numbers in the Senate, congressional leadership aides on both sides told CNN they expected the worst from the opposing party as the lame duck convened to wrap up a long list of unfinished business.
Obama “will go into campaign mode and try to make us look evil,” a GOP aide cautioned.
“Many Republicans appear to be opposed to the very idea of coming here to legislate,” a Democratic aide complained.