Blankley: A Truncated Presidential Honeymoon?

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By Tony Blankley
January 14, 2009

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.

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I, too, have suspected that Hussein might become sidelined and used as a figurehead by those with the real power to govern, Pelousy, Reid, and all the Clinton retreads in his Cabinet. I figure, instead of doing the leading, he will be the one who is told what to do.

Either way it will be an ugly four years with these louts in power.

It is also good to see the Dims fight amongst themselves for a change instead of attacking anything and everything conservative and Republican at every opportunity. Perhaps it will keep some small part of their destructive agenda from taking place.