If the Democrats get crushed in the November congressional races, so what? That’s the perspective of Peter Beinart, senior political writer for the Daily Beast. “Particularly if he signs real financial reform, Obama will have milked his and the Democrats’ 2008 victory dry,” Beinart wrote. “So what if he plays defense a bit over the next two years, and spends his time ensuring that Republicans can’t pass their conservative agenda even as they ensure that he can’t pass his liberal one? The legislation Republicans block will be less important than the legislation Obama and the Democrats have already passed.”
With Gov. Mark Parkinson threatening to veto any bill that balances the fiscal 2011 budget by cutting education and other vital state spending, the chances increase that the legislative session could outlast the allotted 90 days. (Thursday was day 77.) “If we can’t end up on time, I’ll keep the Legislature there as long as they need to be for us to pass a responsible plan,” Parkinson 
Before Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., joined all but one of his Republican colleagues on the Senate Agriculture Committee last week in Follow us
