Tuesday, March 17, 2009

As Obama Launches New Budget Campaign, Who's the Opponent?

From Washingtonpost.com

Like an aging rocker who misses the road, President Obama is getting the old campaign band back together for another big show, this one designed not to win the White House but to pass a paradigm-shifting, $3.6 trillion budget. That's the news this morning, with the Democratic National Committee ready to use its 13-million address email list to to mobilize supporters and flood Capitol Hill with phone calls. On the surface, this seems perfectly normal: The president is firing up his base to help get a legislative priority passed. But at whom is this campaign really aimed?

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