One party rule is dead, at least for the next 4 years - and that is a good thing.

<<< the Atlantic reported the White House site,  listed at the bottom of the included poster,  in August of 2009.  The site has since been closed.  

Breitbart.com:   President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order Thursday establishing a Presidential Commission to deal with “election administration” that critics say is an attempt to nationalize the country’s elections for partisan advantage.

The Executive Order states the Commission “shall identify best practices and otherwise make recommendations to promote the efficient administration of elections in order to ensure that all eligible voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots without undue delay.”

The Commission will focus on polling places, how better to train and recruit poll workers, managing voter rolls and poll books, voting machines, ballot simplicity, English proficiency, and absentee ballots. The states–not the federal government–traditionally have responsibility over such matters.

Obama will appoint no more than nine members to the Commission and appointees will be drawn from among individuals with “knowledge about or experience in the administration of State or local elections, as well as representatives of successful customer service-oriented businesses, and any other individuals with knowledge or experience determined by the President to be of value to the Commission.”

Editor's notes:  I know we conservatives don't lie,  but sometimes we just don't get things quite right.  This posted story is one of those times.  When folks talk about nationalizing elections,  they are referring to the non-presidential, mid-term elections.  The Democrats are using the ObamaCare application to sign up voters,  in an effort, according to the conservative press,  to nationalize the election via "universal" voting registration. Are the Dems trying to do just what conservatives claim?  Oooooh,  you betcha,  but         . . . .  Can't happen.  The mid-terms are little more 435 local elections (for the House of Representatives)  and approximately 33 Senators.  Since the president,  whoever he is ,  is not running in these elections,  there is no national referendum.  The Dems are kicking against the bricks,  as it were.  

The mid-terms have been such a problem for the Dems,  over the past 15 years or so,  that Chris Matthews,  the blond nut-job at MSNBC wanted to cancel the mid-terms, an opinion he voiced since the first of this year (2013). 

This year,  the Dems have to win 17 House seats to take over that arm of government;  they have to defend 10 Senate seats in the coming 2014 mid-terms,  that are in states won my Mitt Romney.  

The presidential election proved anything can happen,  but as things stand,  today,  the GOP is in good shape to,  at least,  keep the House.