Hello, Tipping Point

KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL, Wall St. Journal:
“On Jan. 20, Barack Obama began a race against time. The White House knew its liberal agenda would prove unpopular in many parts of the country represented by Democrats. So long as the president looked strong, those Blue Dogs and freshmen and swing-state senators would stick. Show them any sign of weakness, however, and rattled Dems would begin to care more about their own re-elections than they did their president.

Tuesday, the White House hit that tipping point.”

The White House–along with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid–is whistling past the 2010 graveyard of former Democratic members of Congress.