Originally Posted by Matt 26z

I voted for a mix of conservatives and liberals on the local level. I didn't vote for anything on the federal level.

We have reached a stage in US politics where one party must control both congress and the White House or there will be gridlock and nothing gets done. The Republicans are going to win enough seats to guarantee federal government gridlock until January 2017 at the very earliest.

A vote for Democrats helps to get things moving, but their pandering to illegal immigrants is a point of concern. If the Dems pull off a miracle and take seats you are going to see illegals pouring over the border in unprecidented numbers ahead of the expected amnesty. More crime. More drugs. More violence. More property blight. More crying for welfare cash from gringo.

There are no good choices this time around.