Obama's Greatest Weakness: Too Darn Bipartisan

Back in January of last year, as the Democratic primary was just heating up, the candidates gathered in Nevada for a debate hosted by Tim Russert. Russert asked the candidates to tell the audience about what they perceived as their own greatest strengths and weaknesses. John Edwards, whose real weakness has since been revealed, answering then that he “sometimes [has] a very powerful emotional response to pain that I see around me.” I’m reminded of that as the Obama administration tries to explain why the stimulus met with such unexpected resistance in Congress.