Time To Lead the Old Way

I had to wait all the way until the very end to read what I wanted to read in this Ezra Klein post:

That isn’t how the White House would prefer to govern. It’s not how they would prefer to campaign. It is, let’s admit it, politics-as-usual. It’s the triumph of the old way of doing things, an admission that Washington proved too hard to change. But it’s also the only option they have left.

It's not the only option they have left, however.  It's the only option that works.  That's why politicians have been doing it for centuries in this country.  

It's nice to have politicians get along and compromise for the good of the whole country. But it's rare; if not impossible. To think a fresh-faced newbie was going to change that in two short years is naivete. Also, to think people actually wanted a change from the "old way of doing things" is just as wrong.

You bet it's politics-as-usual.  Now go do it.