“When the Democrats started their campaign for a congressional majority in 2006, at the center of their platform was a simple promise: competence. The party of government was going to make government work again. Coming a year after Hurricane Katrina and amid U.S. attorney purges and military contractor scandals in Iraq, it was no small claim. Now the party of government is the Party Of Government. President Barack Obama is rolling out major policy programs in response to the financial crisis, the recession, and the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Congress is overhauling the healthcare system, putting together a landmark energy bill, and composing the most comprehensive financial regulatory reform since the Great Depression.” (07/01/09)