Silver Lining??

I was wondering the other day what is best for government as far as who is in control.
Republican president, and republican congress??
Democrat president, and democrat congress??
Or mixed and matched??

Well it just so happens that Reason Magazine did some research on this very topic.

In 2004, looking at real annual government spending per capita since 1947,
Liberty's R.W. Bradford concluded that while spending grows faster if
Republicans control the White House, it also grows faster if Democrats control
Congress. Furthermore, some empirical studies, such as David R. Mayhew's 2005
book Divided We Govern, suggest that when one party controls the White House and
the other controls at least one house of Congress, the result is slightly slower
spending growth, increased oversight, and longer-lasting reforms.Based on these
findings, we can rate the different Congress/White House combinations from
mediocre to worst: 1) Democratic White House and Republican Congress, 2)
Republican White House and Democratic Congress, and 3) unified Republican or
Democratic rule.Only bad combinations are available in November, as Congress
will almost certainly remain in the hands of the Democrats. If McCain wins the
race, we won't be getting our best option—and in two years we could get a
unified Republican government, which would be awful. The least bad option, as
far as spending is concerned, is for Obama to win. While unified government is
terrible, and I suspect Obama will be atrocious, Democratic control of the
legislative and executive branches increases the chance that Republicans take
over Congress in two years. Then we can all live happily in a mediocre world.