STANDING UP TO THE UR:

Why Obama Can't Stop Meddling (Richard Wolffe, 1/13/10, Daily Beast)

The president and his political operatives know that their most important job is to stay focused on passing health-care reform and spurring job creation in the new year. And they’re once bitten, twice shy: The administration drew fire for its attempt to persuade Gov. Paterson not to run for reelection—a move that backfired badly, making Obama’s crew seem obsessed with petty politics at a time of grave national crisis, and making the foundering Paterson seem almost heroically independent for standing up to the Washington bosses.

Still, these guys are from Chicago, and they can’t quite help themselves.

So now they'll make Harold Ford look heroic.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 13, 2010 7:25 AM