Obviously the Democrats got trounced in the mid-term elections. Republicans claim that the major victory was a rejection of President Barack Obama’s vision for America. Democrats, including the President, counter they just didn’t get out message about all their accomplishments.

It’s hard to tout saving 1.2 million jobs when the unemployment rate is still a whopping 9.6 percent. You can’t talk about education reform when people are still losing their homes. It’s hard to think about the benefits of healthcare in 2014 when the Great Recession essentially, though not technically, continues into its third year.

On the other hand, the Republicans aren’t doing any great service to our country either. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is on record saying that he wants to ensure Obama is a one-term president.

That’s not real helpful.

What frightens me is that partisan politics is going to get someone hurt. It’s bad enough the gridlock will prevent any movement on an energy policy, which will stop sending money to terrorist regimes that want to kill Americans and Jews.

Now, Senate Republicans are playing games with Obama’s START treaty with Russia, which has been ratified by every previous president since Ronald Reagan. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), claims there are “unresolved issues.”

Huh? My well-connected, center-right friend tried to explain it to me. Even he could only throw his hands up and say, “I don’t know about all of them, but Kyl still thinks Reagan is President and Russia is the Evil Empire.”

This is ridiculous. It’s more important to keep Obama from getting any legislative victories that ensure that nukes don’t get into the hands of any rouge regimes like Iran?  How can anyone claim that the Right is friendlier towards Israel, but then again do nothing about an oil policy and holding up ratification on START? This is not a game. Everyone is concerned about a nuclear Iran. So do something about it – not something that will help Tehran.

Obama isn’t perfect. In fact, he’s made a lot of mistakes, including putting healthcare in front of energy and jobs. But, for goodness sakes, is it more important to give him yet another black eye or to protect Americans and Israelis?