Reality Check

Steve Benen at Crooks and Liars sort of puts his foot in it in this
commentary about a possible Bush surge in the polls:

I was especially amused by the notion that the White House is anxious to work with his “GOP congressional allies” on “continuing his tax cuts.” They do know the Dems are in the majority in both chambers, don’t they?

They probably do. The problem is, the Dems don't.