Now that the Democrats have narrowly won control of the Senate, will they offer to share power with the Republicans? I remember back in 2001 when the Senate narrowly favored the Republicans, Democrats demanded that power be shared; and they got what they wanted
To avoid deadlocks, the plan allows either the majority leader or the minority leader to advance to the floor a bill or a nomination that is being held up by an evenly split committee vote.
Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle said the power-sharing pact, which was reached after weeks of negotiations between the two parties, was "fair and reasonable."
... The agreement had been resisted for days by many conservative Senators who were reluctant to share power with Democrats at a time when Republicans will control the White House and both chambers of Congress.
If Democrats thought it was a good idea then, I'm presuming it's a good idea now.
So expect an announcement from Senator Reid soon offering to share power with the Senate Republicans
(in your dreams....)
