Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall wrote: "Why has the president had a striking string of legislative wins after the Democrats' drubbing at the polls in November? The best answer is probably the simplest: the primary reason for bottling up these bills was political, with the aim of damaging the Democrats and the president in the midterm election. Once that election was over, the reason for blocking them disappeared." Sounds about right. I'd also add that the Republicans, flush with victory, thought they could roll Obama during the lame duck session. So did most in the press corps. But they underestimated the president (yet again) and fell for his rope-a-dope strategy (yet again).
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