Recommended: Congress in the Lead

As usual, David Brooks has a reasonable, insightful view of matters in his July 25 New York Times Op Ed piece Congress in the Lead. As he argues, the President has proved in the end not to be much good as a negotiator, so the Congressional Old Guard, who understand how deals are really made, has come in and taken over, and will probably cobble together something that can pass both Houses.

I hope he is right.