The so-called dean of the Washington commentariat is still blissfully doing backstrokes in the tank filled with Obama Kool-Aid.

We are beginning to learn that the Obama presidency will be an era of substantial but deferred accomplishments — perhaps always to be accompanied by a sense of continuing crisis. His vaunted "cool" allows him to wait without impatience and to endure without visible despair. It asks the same of his constituents.

You can see where this is going, can’t you?

Take health care. More than a year ago, Obama outlined a vision of a redesigned system, covering far more people at substantially lower per capita cost. He was notably sparing in how to get there and for many months, it was not clear that Congress would take up the challenge.

In the end, a law was enacted that addressed exactly those goals. But it will be four years at least before its key components are in place and another four beyond that until its financing mechanism will really be tested.

You see, when you play budget games that include starting taxes this year but holding off on most of the benefits until four years down the road in order to falsely make it appear that you’re being fiscally responsible – that’s just being “cool.”

Drink deep Broder, ignore the coming fiscal disaster that, unfortunately, the actuarial tables suggest you won’t be around to see.