total to 55. That’s the same number the Democrats now hold after gaining two seats this year.

But unlike this year, the president’s party won a majority of House seats in the 2004 election. Also unlike this year, the incumbent president improved on his performance in the previous election, thereby giving rise to an argument that he should be treated more deferentially by the opposition than he was during his first term.

The 2012 results thus imply that the Republican tone towards President Obama should mirror the tone of congressional Democrats, including then-Senator Obama, towards President Bush after the 2004 election. They also imply that the deference of the opposition party to the president should be same. In other words, the default level of deference should be zero (which is[Early determinants of obesity].
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