WHY SHOULD THE GOP BE THE PONY IN THIS SHOW?:

Obama Relaunches Health Bid (JONATHAN WEISMAN and NEIL KING, 9/02/09, WSJ)

President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress next Wednesday, pressing lawmakers to accept new formulas for a politically charged overhaul of the health-care system.

A joint session of Congress so he can lobby for a partisan position on a pet policy? Republicans ought not participate. It's an abuse of the institution.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2009 8:01 PM