TRIBES ARE NEVER UNITED:

Intraparty tensions could cleave Dems (MANU RAJU, 12/21/08, Politico)

"In our quest to do good policy, we're going to find a lot more areas of commonality with Obama than we are with House and Senate Democrats," said one senior Senate GOP aide. "When Obama and congressional Republicans do work together, the byproduct of that is in-fighting on the left."

If Obama and the GOP broker deals that split Democrats in Congress, it could create the same sort of disarray that contributed to the collapses of the GOP majority ahead of the 2006 midterm elections and the Democratic majority in 1994.

Nevermind the ease with which the GOP can exploit the Unicorn Rider's need to triangulate, check out the AP photo of him accompanying the story. The honeymoon is over.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 21, 2008 8:28 PM