Noemie Emery: If this is success, what is failure?

Seen from the inside, the administration is an astonishing success,” says E.J. Dionne of the beleaguered regime of his president. “Inside of what?” one is tempted to ask, but by some lights, it’s true.

President Obama has pushed through a whole lot of bills, and people hate all of them, a historic result accomplished by no other president. Of course, no other has tried.