David Brooks sketches two unsatisfactory scenarios. In one, President Obama is re-elected but is hamstrung by a Republican-dominated House. In the other, Mitt Romney is elected and spends his term fighting with a Democratic-dominated Senate.
But of course, we the people aren’t constrained to pick from Mr. Brooks’s menu. If we were to re-elect President Obama and put Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, we could actually, finally get the change we voted for four years ago.
BARRY HASKELL LEVINE
Lafayette, Calif., Oct. 30, 2012