Posted by
Tomás Aquinas on Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:02:37 PM
John Kass makes some observations about how Obama shoved the Old Chicago humble pie down Harry Reid's gullet:
Obama serves Reid a taste of the Chicago Way
Excerpts:
Only
a week ago, Obama, Reid and other Democratic leaders were adamant that
they'd block any Senate appointment made by tainted Illinois Gov. Rod
"Dead Meat" Blagojevich, who has been charged with trying to sell
Obama's seat to the highest bidder.
Their statements back then
were stern and inflexible, invoking the honor of the Senate and how
they'd never let an allegedly corrupt governor put his greasy paws on
their august dignity. Those statements weren't bland. They were so
tough they had hair on them. More hair than Blagojevich, even.
But
today's news is that Obama, often treated by the national media as the
gentle Mr. Tumnus of American politics, got privately hardball with
Reid over the Tombstone issue.
and
Obama
didn't want the Chicago Way on parade in Washington, less than two
weeks before his inauguration, when he formally becomes the agent of
the change we can believe in.
Obama is perfectly within his
rights to try to wriggle out of an embarrassing political situation,
and what could be more embarrassing for him than to have Illinois
political corruption constantly on the news in Washington?
People
might start asking questions, wondering how Obama could come out of a
city run by the wrought-iron fists of the Daley machine but smell like
the neck of a baby after a bath.
I'm still wondering.
Obama got handed a bit of humble pie over the Panetta Snub, but he seems to have recovered nicely.
For more on the Obama/Reid dance:
Senate's Democratic majority clears path