Dead-Tree Newsflash: Partisan Beltway Gridlock Awaits Kansas City Politicos

A nifty bit of newspaper word salad offers us a perspective on what most adults already understand . . .

Elected officials won't get much accomplished and they'll blame the other side for it along with the fringe elements of their own party . . . And that game show host who started a riot. 

Here's the upshot . . .

"While it appears likely that Republicans will win the House, Democrats appear likely to control the Senate. That will create the kind of divided Congress that, if it passes any legislation, will give Davids an opportunity to vote on bipartisan bills and potentially get some of her agenda into amendments and spending bills. But it’s unlikely that it will produce either party’s legislative priorities."

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Republicans are likely to win the House. What does that mean for KC area Democrats?

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat from Kansas City, has been in Congress for nearly two decades. He entered the House in 2005, as a member of the Democratic minority and has watched control of the chamber change hands three times.