> a supermajority in the Senate when Obama was elected Obama wasn't elected with a super-majority. He had 58 votes, but Al Franken's race was contested, then R

> a supermajority in the Senate when Obama was elected Obama wasn't elected with a super-majority. He had 58 votes, but Al Franken's race was contested, then Robert Byrd got sick, then Ted Kennedy died. He did have one briefly for about 20 working days the Senate was in session about 9 months after he took office.