Politics Sunday

We look at the political world from the week's halfway point. A President(Obama the Great ,Dana Milbank in the Washington Post) goes to Washington and does what he says,he is going do. The Congress landmark legislation than any since the era of Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society." $814 billion economic stimulus, a massive health-care overhaul, and new regulations on Wall Street trading and consumer credit cards ,middle class tax cuts, repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military the START nuclear arms pact with Russia, and a bill to extend health benefits to workers who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001. "This was by far the most productive Congress in American history, and the lame-duck session we're finishing was the most productive of its kind,"Harry Reid Sen. Lindsey Graham summed up the session by saying, "When it's all going to be said and done, Harry Reid has eaten our lunch";Sen. Lindsey Graham. The Alaska Supreme Court today ruled against Joe Miller on all counts, a decision that leaves his challenge of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s victory on life support. “There are no remaining issues raised by Miller that prevent this election from being certified,” the Supreme Court declared in its unanimous ruling(The Anchorage Daily News). Nate Silver's 2010 Census Impact on 2012 Presidential Race is Limited.