Obama in June: 'I don't really care to be president without the Senate'
Since Tuesday saw the Republicans claim majority power in both houses of Congress, President Obama has generally sounded a conciliatory note, saying that the takeaway from the election is that Americans want their politicians to "work as hard as they do." But five months ago, Obama had a different tone:
[In June, several Democratic senators] demanded to know how committed Obama was to fighting for the Senate majority. Obama was known as a fierce competitor when his name was on the ballot, not so much when it was not.
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