Left feared disaster then—but they won in November
(NEWSER) - Angry opponents are spewing spittle at the Obama administration over health care and climate change, but progressives should chill out: After all, this has happened before, Ed Kilgore writes in the New Republic. Last August, liberals withered in despair when John McCain tied President Obama at the polls. Just like today, "The diagnosis of the problem was typically that Obama was too passive, and wasn’t articulating a clear enough message." More»
