Last year, I like many others in this nation and around the world even was inspired by the audacious campaign of the man that would be the 44th President of the United States.  Against the conventional grain, Candidate Obama sought to bring people together and heal old divisions to take the discussion beyond old contentions toward a fascinating future that started to become visible during the campaign.  President-Elect Obama remained humble and so respectful of his political adversaries during the transition while setting up a centrist cabinet that illustrated the Pragmatism that would reign for at least the next four years in Washington.  Transparency was of the utmost importance and also accountability to the American people in an unprecedented way.  Then the Inauguration with a sober assessment and frugal festivities to follow and still this ever present emphasis on bi-partisan reconciliation.  On stimulus Obama worked with the Republicans and invited them to the Whitehouse to discuss policy as he has done on so many another occasion and so on and so forth for nine months.  Now here we are and finally I'm tired of this game.  President Obama has played the "middle of the road", triangulation, bi-partisanship strategy to full effect and to this point it's payed off with successful legislation the result in most cases (including the current healthcare fight I'm confident).  The price however has been an overwhelming portion of political capital being expended to do what seems to many like compromise.  Now President Obama is running out of that capital with quite alot still left to do and a short second 9 months before the midterm elections kick into high "summer" gear next year.  Now when that time comes, the argument the President and Dems will make is that we pushed for the best solutions in crisis and came up with the best for America.  The reality of where the economy is and what kind of policies are in place on issues ranging from climate change to immigration is still unknown and what the perception of those things by the majority of the voting public is a great mystery.  But I can guarantee the Republicans will be looking for any negatives or complex factors to spin into I told you so's and "the Democrats controlled the whole government with filibuster proof majorities". I'm also sure that most voters won't want to hear that the Republicans played dirty tactics and that we "miscalculated" so give us more time as a response from Dems if things aren't going swimmingly by then.  It will also be another disappointing midterm election season for many voters who feel like they can't tell the difference between the two parties.  There is a way to avoid these scenarios altogether IMHO.  The President along with progressive Dems must set out on a clearly and partisan course.  The time for the post-partisan experiment is over.  The experiment is a failure.  One party cannot a be bi-partisan if the other party refuses to be reasonable and if the other party is being unreasonable then they must be called out and put in their place.  It's time for Dems to smash the opposition inanity with sensible "liberal" solutions that seek to "solve problems" instead of building consensus.  Obama needs to move to the left so that when he's accused of being a leftist, the charge can be at least remotely true and no more of this understanding madness from the other side.  Joe Wilson is a disgrace, Sarah Palin is devastatingly uneducated and the Republican leadership on capital hill is absolutely without new ideas or even talking points for the crucial issues that we currently face.  These are facts and should be stated as such before strong policy is implemented, not in a debate but in a march towards a more progressive future.