President's Day?

by Turkana

Apparently, Barack Obama and his political team have come to realize that he was elected president. Now, we'll see what they do about it. If this is for real, it also will be interesting to watch his most ardent supporters walk back their claim that his perpetually deferring to Congress was a virtuous respect for the balance of powers.

In other news, Evan Bayh's retirement is seen as an opportunity for the Republicans to expand their 41 seat majority in the Senate.