The transformed presidency of Barack Obama will soon be tested over the “debt ceiling.”
With republicans demanding “trillions” in budget cuts, here’s the president’s chance to use his enhanced stature to pummel his opponents in upcoming talks to increase the nation’s borrowing limit and avoid default.
I’ve been flying high the past couple of weeks, watching Mr. Obama take control: marginalizing the birthers, ripping apart Trump at the correspondent’s dinner, taking out bin Laden and then showing viewers of “60 Minutes” how a thoughtful, talented and courageous president conducts himself (the CBS interview out-rated Amazing Race and Desperate Housewives Sunday night).