Life is not fair!

I was watching tonight the results of the mid-term elections in USA. Republicans have won enough seats (nearly 60) from the Democrats, to regain control of the House. This means that the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will no longer be the speaker when the new Congress convenes in January. However, the Democrats have managed to hold on to their majority in the Senate, with the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid winning a close re-election in Nevada.

Come to think of it, under Nancy Pelosi we had one of the most productive House ever in US history. In a short span of 21 months , it passed over 200 bills, many historic like health care and the new financial regulations. The bills they passed were strong and clear with the interest of the common people in mind. However, those bills either got stuck in the Senate without passing, or were watered down significantly before passing. This happened despite the Democrats holding an absolute majority in the Senate. The wimpy looking Senator Leader Reid never had full control of his senators who threatened not to vote unless special concessions were made to them. The machinations the Senate went through in the passing the health care bill created disgust about Washington politics in the minds of the people. The approval rating of the Congress gradually plunged to low teens. This was the primary cause of the debacle of Democrats in this election. But guess who lost her job for it? Poor Nancy Pelosi. Mr. Reid is going to continue as the Majority Leader of the Senate.

Yes, life is not fair.