A Report From The First Anniversary of President Obama's Election as President

As we approach the first anniversary of the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, I find myself looking back at the last ten months. It's been a historic time, as we are reminded on an almost daily basis -- and, occasionally, as historically good as the media and the Democrats tell us.

Yes, I know it would be more fair and traditional to wait until the end of the year, or the anniversary of President Obama's inauguration, to sum things up, but I want to get a jump on things. And by things, I mean "all the other pundits."

On domestic matters, it should have come as no great surprise that President Obama would largely cede control of the agenda to Congress. His entire career up to the presidency was based on the "go along to get along" principle with his party leadership; at no point did he ever challenge the powers that be in the Illinois legislature or in the Senate. If he couldn't find it in himself to back them, he arranged to vote "present" or miss the vote entirely. Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi, secure in their electoral gains, made it abundantly clear after the election that they would be pushing their own plans forward at the earliest opportunity -- and President Obama, apparently not wanting to start a fight within his own party so soon after his victory, didn't contradict them.

And it's not been pretty.

Source: Wizbang

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