The debate over funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has been a perfect storm for the Democrats and they navigated it well. A courageous or daring political party sails toward principle even when the other winds aren't perfect. A competent party capitalizes on those rare alignments. A political perfect storm occurs when principle, popularity and purse strings all coincide. Where political storms form perfectly, the Democrats have sailed competently. The mixture has been has been gaseous lately. This is where the party's principles collide with the party's intestinal fortitude. Voters curious about how a Democratic regime might govern would be better advised paying attention to the Democratic Congress than the Democratic candidates right now. This commentary was written by 's Dick Meyer.
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