"I mean, you can't gridlock the place for two years, " he said of both parties.

CNN: For Obama: OK, what now?

Republicans will need to show that their leadership won't simply perpetuate the gridlock in Washington.

CNN: GOP faces choice: Leadership or gridlock

They want us to focus on their job security. (Applause.) I don't think they want more gridlock.

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Just as voters over the past 30 years haven't explicitly voted for divided government and gridlock, they are not now explicitly changing political philosophy and embracing the idea of giving one party all the power.

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If the balance of power doesn't shift in either house, more political gridlock seems inevitable.

ECONOMIST: Too close to call

Because such hard numbers cannot be guaranteed, countries don't commit ambitiously to this sort of agreement: result, gridlock.

ECONOMIST: Some good ideas about how to break the gridlock

But this latest gridlock had the AMA on high alert, because t he federal government had already said it would not hold claims and Medicare carriers were expected today to begin processing payments for physicians services after Dec. 31 under the typical 14-day cycle required by law.

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They don't so much want presidents of either party to fail, as gridlock in Washington is generally good for stocks.

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