On November 6th 2012, the citizens of the United States got together and made an important decision that will influence America for the next 4 years. The decision was whether current President Barack Obama should or should not be reelected for office for another 4 years. After all the counting of votes was done, news sources around the nation came to the conclusion that the American public wanted Obama to remain in office for another 4 years. However, after all of Obama's time spent on electoral campaigning and debating is finished, he does not have the opportunity to take a long break from the white house before inauguration. The New York Times article I read said that there is an upcoming bipartisan bill to increase the United States Debt Ceiling in preparation of new spending in Obama's 2nd term in office known as the Fiscal Cliff Bill. The first thing I notice in this reading is how quick and cooperative the once-partisan congress is in a time of need for a bill that is needed to sustain America in a time of huge debt, because during the election congress wasn't in session and before the election it was politically split on every issue and wasn't able to pass any legislation. The second thing I noticed in this reading is how little break time Obama gets for being a president reelected. He spends all that time campaigning and creating ads and now he has to immediately shift focus from one day trying to win the election then the day after that trying to work with congress to pass the Fiscal Cliff bill.
Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/us/politics/congress-sees-rising-urgency-on-fiscal-deal.html
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