Peggy Noonan is off the Obama reservation, her touching faith in his world-changer charm shaken by the passage of Pelosi's bill:

The party-line vote in favor of the stimulus package could have been more, could have produced not only a more promising bill but marked the beginning of something new, not a postpartisan era (there will never be such a thing and never should be; the parties exist to fight through great political questions) but a more bipartisan one forced by crisis and marked by—well, let's call it seriousness.

President Obama could have made big history here. Instead he just got a win. It's a missed opportunity.

Um yes, and it was bipartisan in opposition--11 Dems crossed over to vote with the GOP. Americans are already worried the government may run out of money, and that was before this porker bill. Ben Stein points out close to half the bill goes to pay off Dems' union allies. Noonan calls the old line liberals who created this bill slobs. Barack Obama has never challenged his party. Some might say he's a slob too. Get to work Barack. The campaign is over, cocktail parties are not enough, and picking fights with Rush Limbaugh displays intellectual laziness and political weakness. (Rush is more than your match in a debate anyway.) America needs jobs now. Work with the GOP on measures that work.

P.S. I see Mick and I are on the same page again:)