William Katz:  Urgent Agenda

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MORE CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN - AT 7:23 A.M. ET:  For all the yapping about bringing a new style to Washington, troops in the Obama army seem quite willing to revert to the old style when needed.  They're developing a Nixonian enemies list, and they have a new target:

Forget Rush Limbaugh.

For all the focus on the king of conservative talk, Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a telegenic young Republican trying to bring life to his party on Capitol Hill.

As the Virginia Republican fights President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority on everything from spending to stem cells, the Democrats are racing to introduce him to voters before he can introduce himself.

At last month’s White House summit on entitlement reform, Obama painted Cantor as a poster child for obstructionism. “I’m going to keep on talking to Eric Cantor,” the president said. “Someday, sooner or later, he’s going to say, ‘Boy, Obama had a good idea.’”

COMMENT:  Cantor is one of the most effective Republicans on the Hill, which is why they're going after him.  I have confidence that he can hold his own.

March 10, 2009