I am no fan of Andrew Sullivan but

[jojog]

I like his point of view in today's The Daily Dish.

Susbstantively, the Dish is in some ways horrified that the result of the last election - which was dominated by the view that deficits need to be controlled and that new stimulus is evil - turned out to be ... a new bipartisan stimulus package financed by borrowing! At the same time, it's clear that this also clears the stage for a two-year fight over long-term fiscal balance, distinct from the short-term need to recover from recession. And that is the best context for serious reform. If we reform the tax code, and cut entitlements and defense, we should do so for structural, long-term reasons, not in response to a particular crisis. That's the chance we now have, if Obama leads the way (as I suspect he will).

And notice that Obama has secured - with Republican backing - a big new stimulus that will almost certainly goose growth and lower unemployment as he moves toward re-election. If growth accelerates, none of the current political jockeying and Halperin-style hyper-ventilation will matter. Obama will benefit - thanks, in part, to Republican dogma. So here's something the liberal base can chew on if they need some grist: how cool is it that Mitch McConnell just made Barack Obama's re-election more likely? Bet you didn't see that one coming, did you?

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/12/obama-president-mcconnell-sucker.html

[rfranklin]

1. Why do they need a Republican president when they have the...

cover of a Dem who can be pushed around and then blamed for the results of bad policy?

[dennis4868]

3. PUSHED AROUND?

Name another person who would not be "pushed" around with an opposition party FILLUBUSTERING everything that could help the country, threatening fillubuster at every moment and DINOs in the senate who simply go along with the fucking repubs? Is Obama suppose to take a gun and threaten the repubs that they better not fillubuster. Obama and the american people are fucked because the repubs are willing to drive the country off a cliff in the name of political gain. Any dem president would have to do the same thing Obama just did (and by the way, Obama did get good stuff in return and now I read that what Obama got will create 2.2 million jobs).

[soleft]

4. It looked like George Foreman was pushing Ali around too

[rfranklin]

7. No, it was actually more like Joe Frazier on the canvas...

with George Foreman taunting him.

[Clio the Leo]

2. exactly nt

[AtomicKitten]

5. I've become rather fond of ASullivan over the past few years.

His conversion to supporting the now President Obama was apparently genuine.

[Gothmog]

6. Good Article

This is a good article. Thanks for posting