Oh. That.

President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.

Link. Well, now that that's clear... But I've said before, I think that part of what's going on in Washington is that nobody much fears him, and that a little more fear might be wholesome. I suppose it is hard to blame Republicans for forgetting that they don't own the shop any more. I guess it is inevitable that they are going to poke and test to find out whether they can roll him. Results are certainly not in yet; maybe they can roll him. "I won" is not a policy, or even a strategy. But it is a nice start.