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Liz Sidoti, who wrote this press release for her Obama White House handlers, also noted that Obama isn't like that Bill Clinton, "who set the tone for an ideological presidency when he tried to overturn the ban on gays in the military. It pleased liberals, enraged conservatives and angered both the military and Congress, neither of which was consulted."

Well, Liz - except for the part where Obama is doing exactly the same thing.

And how come Liz Sidoti didn't notice the partisanship of Obama's man in the Senate, Patrick Leahy, who said about President George W. Bush's Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft:

"I wish the President had sent us a nomination for Attorney General that would unite us instead of divide us. That did not happen. This is a nomination that had controversy written all over it from the moment it was announced, and it should surprise no one that today we find ourselves in the middle of this battle. It was a crucial miscalculation for the President and his advisers to believe this nomination would have brought all of us together. Or perhaps this is one instance where consensus was not the objective."

Now that Obama needs a controversial, divisive Attorney General candidate named Eric Holder sped through the confirmation process, Patrick Leahy's tone is entirely different:

He can "barely disguise his contempt for Republicans who requested the delay [of Holder's nomination]", and contended that a quick confirmation of Holder would represent "a small but important step in answering the nation's call for bipartisanship." - from The Curious Case of Patrick Leahy, by William Tate @ The American Thinker.