U.S. voters will go to the polls for midterm elections Nov. 4, and no matter what the final tally turns out to be, the result will be more of the same paralysis and political dysfunction we have seen over the last six years.
The bad news is that the situation is likely to worsen, the closer we come to the next presidential election in November 2016. This sorry state of affairs is particularly troubling for Asia, for several reasons. But first, it is important to understand the rationale for this gloomy prognosis.

