The year 2014 was a very good year for the Republicans where they won elections, both in blue and red states. In fact, it was the first time in almost a decade that they won a majority in the Senate while winning 13 new seats in the House.
In all, they have 33 governorships apart from 68 out of 98 statehouses and which should give them the ability to implement their policy throughout the country. At the federal level, it’s a different matter altogether with Obama obstructing their influence currently.
With it being the sixth of Obama in power, a number of people would have predicted that this shift in power would take place with the American electorate being tired of the chief executive who they had just elected.
While in 2010 and 2012, the GOP had no idea what they were doing but turned things around in 2014 where only one of its Senate members lost, rather surprisingly.
In fact, this is also the year when Obama’s message and tactics did not work anymore. As a number of Democrats admitted, they failed to convey a strong message to their core voters – even single women and Latinos.
What this victory also showed was a backlash to Obama’s policies and his leadership. Obstructing his actions systematically was a major reason why he came to be known as not being able to get anything done not until last month.
Of course, it’s too early to state that his leadership is irrelevant but with the 2016 Presidential campaign soon to get underway, America will focus much more on a post-Obama world.
That said, and with the end of 2014, the Obama era also ends with it.