Michael Broukhim

Go west, young man

Notes &

In Springfield, he compromised so much on a health care reform bill that in the end, it merely led to a study.

Elsewhere in the column, Dowd asks, “But what of a president who strives to keep everyone in some vague middle ground of satisfaction or dissatisfaction, without ever offending anyone?” I think she nails it here. I also think Obama has the potential to self-correct on this count…

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