text: Recent history shows that more gets done when power is shared between the two parties.  Reagan got major economic legislation passed by a Democratic Congress.  Clinton got the deficit under control with a Republican Congress.  My theory is that when one party controls both the White House and the Congress, they are reluctant to take risks because they have no one else to blame for a failure.  When the parties share power, they both take the blame/credit for failures and successes.  I think this new Congress will take this opportunity to get something done.