Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Fox News.
“Today I had a chance to speak with John Boehner and congratulated
Mitch McConnell on becoming the next Senate majority leader,” said
Barack Obama in the opening of his White House press conference
following the Democrats’ Tuesday massacre. “And I told them both that I
look forward to finishing up this Congress’s business and then working
together for the next two years to advance America’s business.” The
president is looking forward to “working together to deliver for the
American people.”
Obama struck an optimistic, cooperative tone. Of course, he better.
If he wants to have any relevance going forward, what choice does he
have but to play nice with Republicans, or at least talk nice?
This begs the trillion-dollar question: Is Obama still relevant?
Given the truly historic proportion of this Republican victory, is
Barack Obama about to become the lamest of lame-ducks?