What Broke The Senate? Ctd

Douthat pushes back against Packer:

Liberal commentators often point out that this White House's approvalratings — and, by extension, its legislative agenda — are hostages tothe unemployment rate. That's true, up to a point. But it's also truethat the Obama White House placed a bet,on the policy substance and politics alike, when it made the stimuluspackage the centerpiece of its response to the recession. And havinglost that bet, they've arguably been fortunate that more of theirlegislative...