Obama Says America Historically Does Better with Just One Party in Power

‘Usually when we’ve made big progress on issues, it has been when one party controlled the government’

OBAMA: "First of all, in our history usually when we've made big progress on issues, it has been when one party controlled the government for a period of time. I mean, the big strides we made in the new deal. The big strides we made with the great society. You know, those were times where you had a big majority. And when Ronald Reagan made changes in the direction of a more Republican agenda was when he had a majority."

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