From the "Elections have consequences." file.

No, our Democratic President and Congress haven't done everything they need to do yet, and no, they're not doing everything just the way I'd like. But they've done all this...

CREDIT CARDHOLDERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS

MILITARY PROCUREMENT REFORM

HELPING FAMILIES SAVE THEIR HOMES ACT

FIGHTING MORTGAGE AND CORPORATE FRAUD & CREATING COMMISSION ON CAUSES OF CRISIS

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

HEALTH CARE FOR 11 MILLION CHILDREN

LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT

OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 0F 2009

EDWARD M. KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT OF TARP

That's a significant list of things done that needed doing, all of it signed and sealed - signed being the operative word. Not a bit of it was possible as recently as six months ago.

Yes, we still have wars to end and justice to deliver and miles to go before we sleep. The lives of millions of Americans have already been improved by Democratic governance, though, and we're just getting started.