Joe Gandelman: Will more aggressive Obama, resurgent middle reshape America?

Say a prayer. Put up a tombstone that reads "R.I.P." for three prevailing political conventional wisdoms that seem to be quickly biting the dust.Go along to get along

The first is that President Barack Obama will always go along to get along, will in the end inevitably choose a mediated, moderate course to gain partial victories. That conventional wisdom is on life support as the more aggressive post-re-election-election Obama stresses that he doesn't face re-election, he's had enough of Republican roadblocks, and he's going to draw lines in the sand. Being the first Democratic president ...