HERE's why we are keeping the heat on Mr. Obama!

Read this excerpt from the lead story in today's Wall Street Journal:

"The year-end budget problems represent a major test of how Mr. Obama will lead in his second term, not just in negotiating with Republicans but in managing his own political base.

He is under pressure to take a hard line from activist groups as well as from many congressional Democrats, who returned Tuesday for a lame-duck session elated by their party's gains in last week's elections. Democrats picked up at least six seats in the House and dashed expectations they might lose their Senate majority by picking up two more seats in the chamber."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578117152861144968.html

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Republicans and business leaders need to know that Obama is feeling pressure to do what we expect, and that there is little chance they are going to get him to cave. And today they're reading that there is a lot of pressure indeed.

We make lots of noise, reporters pick up on this and include it in their articles, and then Republicans read about it and scale back their expectations. This is how democracy works. If you don't like people making noise about what they care about, you are free to turn off your computer. But don't tell us to behave.