reward our friends that stand with us. reporter: the partisan divide over whether he should serve a second term is much wider. john samples says the prospects for cooperation the next two years are slim. i think we are looking forward to a couple of years of a great deal of struggle as was intended by the constitution. we are going to see truly divided government. reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell calls next week s election the first step in retaking the government. over the next two years he says the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president which to the white house doesn t sound like the start of a par partnership. i hope that senator mcconnell will reconsider what looks that the point to be his view of going forward. reporter: rhode island s would be democratic governor angry at not getting the