That comment helped set the tone for six years of hyper-partisan politics in the US capital as both parties sought to discredit and thwart the other.
Entering 2015, the now unpopular Obama faces a very different political equation: Republican dominance across much of the country that also poses a stern challenge for the US wind industry.
Emboldened by Democrats’ November thrashing at the polls, fossil-fuel interests that sank millions of dollars into Republican campaigns are now demanding support for their policy goals, which some elected party lawmakers back.
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