Michael Gerson makes good similes
You really only need to read the first sentence.
If Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was smooth and deep like the rivers, his first few weeks in Washington have been turbulent and shallow like the rapids.
He really had to channel his inner second-grader for that one.
Yeah, seriously. And did you check out Parker’s column on the same page? What’s with the rush to make assumptions about Obama’s Presidency 3 weeks in? Personally, I’ve never even proposed a stimulus, let alone gotten one passed.
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