A Truncated Presidential Honeymoon?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 15th, 2009 5:40 am by HL
A Truncated Presidential Honeymoon?
It was fairly common chatter from congressional Democrats in Washington during the autumn months of the presidential campaign that while Barack Obama was almost certain to win, in 2009 policy would be driven from the House speaker’s office. While I didn’t doubt that the congressional Democrats would try to lead Obama around by the nose, I rather doubted that Obama would cooperate. When a fellow gets himself elected president, he is inclined to want to try his hand at some real governing. And while I predicted in a postelection November column — against conventional wisdom — that Obama might well have a fairly short honeymoon, I confess I am surprised at how soon, how vigorously and how publicly the congressional Democrats are flexing their muscles.
