The election of 2012 has come and gone, and the American people have given President Obama another four years in the White House. What did we as Americans truly vote for last Tuesday night?
When I woke up this morning it seemed as if nothing had really changed at all, and, in fact, it has not.
We still have a divided Congress and the same man in the White House; are we in for another four years of dysfunctional government?
It is my hope Congress can act like adults and play nice in order to get something accomplished, though I think this would be a feat of epic proportions considering how divided Congress really is.
The calls for working together and cooperation have already started from both sides of the aisle, but you can consider me the biggest skeptic of every official who has said something like that.
If Congress wants to take steps in a positive direction, I think it needs to start by looking at the past two years and the inability to pass any meaningful legislation and figure out how it can work to change this.
Congress can look to Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his work with President Obama on how to work together, right after Hurricane Sandy struck New Jersey.
Christie said it best when asked about the election and politics, in  an article from the New York Times.
 ”I’ve got a job to do here in New Jersey that’s much bigger than presidential politics, and I could care less about any of that stuff. I have a job to do. I’ve got 2.4 million people out of power. I’ve got devastation on the Shore. I’ve got floods in the northern part of my state. If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don’t know me.”
I think the governor’s attitude toward his work for his state is the same needed for Congress towards our country.
Over and over again, Congress has deadlocked and stalled because of political sparring, and I think now is its time to get back to work for the people. 
The congressional deadlock needs to end very soon, before-the-end-of-the-year kind of soon.
The so-called “fiscal-cliff” is quickly approaching and a certain number of issues need to be resolved if we do not want the country to slip back into an economic recession.
The main forces that would drive the country back into recession are a rise in taxes with the end of President Bush’s tax cuts and a massive cut in government spending.
It is a very scary economic and political situation we are moving into for the next month and a half. 
In the words of the Speaker of the House John Boeher, “We’re ready to lead, not as democrats or republicans, but as Americans.” And I can only hope he sincerely means that for the good of our country.