And as far as the "obstructionist" GOP in Congress goes, they happen to have been there during the administration of the man with the least ability to forge alliances and bipartisan agreements. It takes two to tango and Obama has been as much the problem as the GOP.
I would again refer you to this article, which is now common knowledge:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-republicans-plan-for-the-new-president/Yup Obama was right there having steak with the boys planning on how to block his every move. Oh wait a sec, no he wasn't, he was being inaugurated, which means they developed their policy of NO before he was even the president.
