The Wire

The US midterms are only a week away and the race between Obama’s Democratic Party and the Republican Party is heating up. Observers are predicting the Obama could lose control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate to Republicans. Losing control of Congress is expected to hamper Obama’s ability to govern and deliver promised changes. Plus there is a wild card – the Tea Party – an insurgent movement within the right wing of politics that has been drawing both attention and in some instances mockery.