Political Map and President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama: A Republican surge re-coloured the U.S. political map red earlier this week, shifting the balance of power to the right while also changing the calculus on a raft of issues of interest to Canadians, according to The Chronicle Herald. With anti-incumbent and anti-Congressional leadership sentiments permeating the electorate, it appears widespread dissatisfaction with U.S. President Barack Obama and his policies combined with pessimism about the U.S. economy led to disastrous results for the Democrats and Voters in Tuesdays U.S. midterm elections handed control of the U.S. Senate back to Republicans while also further bolstering the partys previous majorities in the House of Representatives, governors mansions countrywide and state legislature seats. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.