WHEN YOU ELECT A FEATHERWEIGHT, YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE WIND WILL GOVERN:

An Early Drubbing For Obama (David S. Broder, January 11, 2009, Washington Post)

It was not lost on anyone that the president-elect of the United States, riding the crest of his popularity, and the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate were outsmarted last week by a state politician who won his last election almost 20 years ago.

When and if Roland Burris claims the Senate seat from Illinois formerly occupied by Barack Obama, it will represent the greatest climb-down by an incoming president since Sam Nunn turned Bill Clinton around on the issue of gays in the military at the start of Clinton's first term.

It's not as if anyone voted for the UR because they thought he'd be a strong executive.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 11, 2009 9:29 AM