Now's the Time

It's been done. The history has been written. The campaign is over.

The Republicans have long been known as better campaigners than Democrats, while the Democrats govern better. But let's see if that pattern continues.

Now is the time for governing. Now is the time for President-Elect Barack Obama to work with the lame duck President and Congress to start his own Deal. We can't afford for Mr. Obama to do what President Franklin Roosevelt did - only Senator McCain will remember - wink wink - but when President Roosevelt was elected, he refused to assist outgoing President Herbert Hoover in governing in the transition. The Democratic icon didn't want to share credit - the country cannot afford that. As President Truman wisely said, "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." (Seriously, President Truman said it long before President Reagan; I just looked it up. It's not exactly an uncommonly quoted, er, quote.)

Let's not care about credit. Let's get some things done.