Will Obama Learn the Right Lesson From the Summers Debacle?
Lesson Learned?
He’s lucky he avoided a war in Syria or a nasty vote over Larry Summers. He’s about to face an ugly battle with the GOP, and he needs the left on his side, says Michael Tomasky.
If you think Obama was just lucky on Syria, you’re wrong. But something else happened this week that set the president’s good luck vaults to overflowing: support in the Senate for Larry Summers cratered