I don't think so, Peter... Obama's approval rate is in the high 60s and even Domocrats in Congress in the high 30's...

This means that Obam can spend some capital and brow-beat the Dems in Congress and get enough Repubs who are from blue leaning states (like Maine) to get thru the bulk of what he is proposing...

Plus, in the the words of Bill Clinton, Obama has the microphone... Having the microphone is like having home field advantage...

One last thing... Obma just today said that he undersatnds that it is going to be a fight to get his agenda thru Congress but followed that up with, "I'm ready to fight"... We didn't see Obama the fighter in the campaign... We saw Obama the Coool, Obama the Intellect, Obama the Smiler but never Obama the Fighter...

I'm lookin' forward to watching him use his political capital, which BTW seems to increase with every stand he takes, take on Washington...

This is gonna be fun...

B~