Black guy and Harwood jump in to make it seem like he actually moved the ball down the road.
My tin-foil hat therapy is that Barack Obama is already looking past the next campaign, and after his 4 years are up and he loses the election in 2012, he wants to be the next Dixie Chick.
Not working.
Sadly, I think it does work for his supporters. Think of all the union members and retirees in Michigan, whose support of Democrats and spending beyond their means has helped make Michigan what it is today. Those people will vote 90% Democrat, regardless of what Obama does to them.
Sadly, by the time Obama gets done making everyone a union member, legalizing all the illegal aliens, gaming the census, and putting his ACORN workers on it, it could all dems all the time. That's why he is moving so swiftly, in 2 years he could lose control of the Congress.