Hillary Clinton has a very tricky needle to thread

[MineralMan]

33. I see 2016 as yet another transitional election.

I long for that transitional phase to be over, though. Until we are able to elect a President and Congress of the same party, we will be unable to make any significant progress on very important issues in this country.

Presidents have limited powers. Congress has limited powers. A standstill is often the result. We've been at the same standstill stage for far too long, but I don't see a sudden switch to a progressive President and Congress in the offing for 2016. I've been following electoral politics since the 1960s, and I'm not seeing any way to take any sudden turns right now.

Frankly, in 2016, the very best I hope for is a Democratic President and Democratic control of at least one house of Congress. If we can manage to gain control of both houses, then I could maybe see the end of this transitional phase coming. Right now, it's ugly as dog crap out there, politically.

We just lost control of the Senate, for pete's sake. Now, we have a Republican Congress. No progress is forseen, as far as I can tell. We have another chance in 2016. But we're still in transition. The GOP could be in its fading days, but you'd never know it from the 2014 election results.

I'd settle for a Democratic Congress and President in 2016. Any Democrats will do to attain that. With that, we can enact some actual legislation that actually moves things forward. With movement forward, we can expect a better response from voters. Right now, the political stage is boring and static. Not much reason for sluggish voters to show up. There's nothing going on.

We need to gain control by the Democratic Party so something can actually be done that's of interest to the population. Right now, I'm expecting two more years of stolid, non-functional government on the national level. Not very encouraging. I'm tired and sick of Democrats defeating themselves. It's boring.