Joy Reid at the Reid Report has put together an awesome post for you all to use the next time you hear that the 111th Congress was Obama’s opportunity to change the landscape because he had “overwhelming majorities” in Congress.
Given the situational unreliability of much of the Democratic caucus (who, in fairness, represent more conservative constituencies and interest groups in their states than Senators from New York or Vermont or Massachusetts), it’s a wonder the president, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi got anything done at all, let alone the incredible volume of work they did.
It’s really remarkable as much got done as it did. She’s got a list there, too.
