By LIZ SIDOTI
AP National Political Writer
WASHINGTON – This is one pessimistic country.
Most Americans harbor doubts that President Barack Obama and resurgent Republicans can work together to solve the nation’s problems, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll. In fact, many lack confidence that last week’s elections will change much of anything in Washington.
People are far more negative about the ultimate impact of the first big elections of Obama’s presidency – in which the GOP made huge gains across the country – than they were about the results two years ago when voters elected the Democrat and padded his party’s House and Senate majorities.