Election season is almost over. Now the fun begins.

With nothing left to lose, Obama can take the fight to a GOP-controlled Congress

President Obama
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Now that the 2014 election season is coming to an end, the excitement is about to begin.

For going on a year now, the president and Congress have been circling each other as they fob off their responsibility to govern the country. But if the GOP wins the Senate as expected, resulting in fewer vulnerable Democrats whining to the president about hard votes, Obama and Congress can finally have some of the fights they have been itching for.

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is the founder and editor of The Slurve, a newsletter about baseball. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Slate and The American Conservative.