"arguably the most productive legislative session for any Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson"

Dems' Governing Core Stays Intact
After some wavering, Democrats have responded to adversity by closing ranks.

by Ronald Brownstein

Saturday, April 3, 2010

In a rolling sea, Democrats are steering directly into the waves.

After Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown's victory in January's Senate special election, Democrats appeared shaken to the point of panic. But, from President Obama on down, the party has rapidly regrouped--enacting health care reform, virtually daring Senate Republicans to filibuster tougher regulation of financial institutions, and challenging the GOP with last weekend's White House announcement of recess appointments for 15 nominees stalled in the Senate. Pundits may be pelting the party with predictions of doom in November, but Democrats have apparently decided that the best defense against a resolute Republican opposition is a good offense. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could have just as easily been speaking for Obama when she recently told columnists: "I'm in the arena; I've jumped in for the fight."

Democrats achieved nothing like that clarity when they last controlled both the White House and Congress, during President Clinton's first two years. As if ducking out of a barroom brawl, Democratic legislators back then routinely deserted their party whenever they thought it would help them at home; few accepted responsibility for passing the president's program. As a consequence, key pillars of Clinton's agenda (health care reform, for example) collapsed. In November 1994, so did the Democrats' House and Senate majorities.

Today, Democrats face much the same electoral challenge as they did then: unyielding opposition from congressional Republicans and a growing grassroots conservative backlash. But after some wavering, Democrats this time have mostly responded by closing ranks, especially in the dramatic drive to complete health care reform. Democrats remain divided on immigration, climate change, and some other issues, but they have united enough to make this arguably the most productive legislative session for any Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson.

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http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20100403_2313.php

WOW!!!!! You hear that you Repugs? You hear that you Tea Partiers? You hear that you Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid haters? You hear that DU doubters?

BushCo took 8 years to destroy this country. Obama in 14 months is well on his way of trying to put it back together. If he can get the accomplishments he has in 14 months - think what he can do if we give him a chance and support him for the rest of his Presidency.

:rofl:

:shrug:

some people'd complain if you hung 'em with a new rope.

"Obama: Healthcare law is a 'centrist' measure"

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/89731-obama-health-law-is-a-centrist-measure

Keep it up, boys and girls!

Hekate