Congressional Democrats — stunned out of silence by Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts — say they’re done swallowing their anger with President Barack Obama and ready to go public with their gripes.
The sentiment isn’t quite heads-must-roll, but it’s getting close.
Hill Democrats are demanding that Obama’s brain trust -- especially senior adviser David Axelrod and chief of staff Rahm Emanuel -- shelve their grand legislative ambitions to focus on the economic issues that will determine the fates of shaky Democratic majorities in both houses.
This seems to reinforce the common conception that Mr. Obama really isn’t calling the shots. It is Axelrod (shown on left) and Emanuel (on right) who actually run the run the White House.
The question is -- will Congressional Democrats be able to steer the White House away from the aggressive Axelrod/Emanuel agenda that is beginning to implode the Democratic Party in Washington?
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