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Don't know we could only go by the voting that happened. I don't remember the full numbers but I remember it got 2/3+ in the House and the Senate was very close (like 60-40 somewhere in that range). Dangerously close to super majority the first time around (actually had it in the House), would you have really wanted to bet November of their inability to swing half a dozen votes in the Senate? Having a veto overturned is really bad for a president, especially one that didn't win the popular vote (talk all the vote fraud you want, until they change the offical number Tipper's husband won the official but thankfully unimportant popular vote).

I think a lot of people, especially here on FR, don't really respect the situation. With the population and Congress so evenly split down the middle you just can't go off in either direction full tilt. A lot of decisions in politics aren't about this vote but the next one. It's a real crappy time to be president (not that there are many good times, but now REALLY sucks). If we want a truly conservative president we have a lot of work to do, you don't get one without a truly conservative populace. As a pundit once said: the great part about democracy is that it garauntees people get the government they deserve. Well right now the people of America are clearly not sure what they want or how they want to get it; so we get a government that's split down the middle and spends most of its time argueing with itself.