March 21 Declared Official Waterloo Day

by Contrarienne.
And on that note, Sullivan reminds us:

This is what we’ve learned this year: Obama does not mind defeats if they are procedural or about others saving face. He’s happy to admit error; to give his opponents a chance to lunge at his jugular; to let opponents enjoy a day in the sun; to shave off any small stuff as long as the big stuff remains. He seems oddly impervious to personal insult: he doesn’t mind being affronted by the Chinese or humiliated by Netanyahu as long as it’s a matter of symbolism. On substance, he wants what he wants; and, on the big stuff, he has given up on nothing yet.

This is the sort of thing I want to believe, that Obama and the Democrats he influences will prevail in the promise to change things for the better, to offer hope. I've always wanted to believe those things, and until Ronald Reagan, I felt encouraged.