The election changed a lot. The election changed the underlying power dynamic between the two parties. You know that great line of Al Capone's, you can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can get with a kind word alone? The president now has a gun in his hand. The Bush tax cuts expire and that makes the Republicans sweat.
David Frum discusses the shift in power dynamics after the election and its implications for negotiations.
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