spirit of his campaign is harder to see with the more realistic Barack Obama in the White House. "Given the heated and often misleading rhetoric surrounding this legislation, I know that this was a courageous vote for many members of Congress ... Now it falls on the United States Senate to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line." If he needed any reminder of how difficult that remains, the week began with a blunt message for his party from voters, who resoundingly rejected two Democratic candidates for governor and sent a shock through members of Congress who are up for reelection next year. Full Article at The Washington Post