Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will seek the position of House Minority Leader in the next session of Congress.  And, of course, Harry Reid will return as the Senate Majority Leader (much to the chagrin of Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer).  The election results were a repudiation of big government liberalism–cap and trade, Obamacare, the so-called stimulus, and TARP.

Clearly, though, that’s not how the Democratic Party or the White House interprets the election results.  Thinking about 2012, this seems like a good thing for conservatives and Republicans.  Not only will Obama not be able to run against the “do-nothing”  Republican Congress (since we only control one chamber),…