Starting in January, 2009, the Democrats had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, a clear majority in the House, and a newly elected Dem President. It was a perfect time to deliver things that a clear majority of Americans wanted, and thereby cement their hold on power. Did they do this? No.
Today the same thought is developed, at somewhat more length, in this RealClearPolitics column by David Paul Kuhn. As he points out, health care reform was "the wrong war" when the public wanted Obama to focus on the sagging economy.
I suppose the Obamacrats wanted to get health care done while they still had a "veto-proof" majority in the Senate. But then Kennedy died, Brown got elected, and their world began to fall apart.
In hindsight, how much wiser to have focused on what their pollsters told them the public wanted. It is always easier to sail with the wind at your back, rather than fighting into a headwind.
