Who remained silent? Certainly not most liberal/progressive bloggers.

There's an argument to be made here for priorities, and if we pitch a fit on every last "atrocity", it will only result in the president and others ignoring us. Like he appears to be attempting now.

That's one of the reasons why I saved up some outrage dollars for a situation like this most recent quote from the president.

We all have a degree of political capital, and if we burn it out too soon, then we lose.

I like it.

President Obama needs to realize something. Even we most loyal Democrats are not likely to turn out in force for the mid-terms or for his re-election bid if we feel that we've accomplished little to nothing!

And an economic turn-around appears to be elusive so far.

Bottom line: the COCS may easily turn our "super majority" into the briefest majority in recent history!

I could have thrown in the economy as another case of 'we wanted bold action'....

This is a consistent problem for the President t this point on a number of issues.