Gridlock Glee

Bloomberg News: U.S. Stocks Rise on Gridlock Prospects: A divided government may lead to a legislative impasse and forestall new regulations as well as curb government spending, investors said.

International Herald Tribune: Gridlock hopes lift indexes: Analysts say gridlock would forestall new regulations and curb government spending.

P.J. O'Rourke on gridlock: "I like legislative gridlock. What I hate is bipartisan consensus. Bipartisan consensus is like when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help."