Honeymoon is over

I was just over at Instapundit, and came across this little tidbit.

Administration officials were greeted with sarcasm and laughter Monday night when they briefed lawmakers and congressional staff on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's new financial-sector bailout project, according to people who were in the room.

The laughter was at its height when Obama officials explained that the White House planned to guarantee a wide swath of toxic assets -- which they referred to as "legacy assets" -- but wouldn't be asking Congress for money. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), a bailout opponent in the fall, asked the officials to give Congress the total dollar figure for which they were on the hook.

Looks like the honeymoon is over, doesn't it. Laughing out loud at Timmy "tax-cheat" Geithner. But I'm sure our President is pleased at the nature of the laughter.

The officials said that they couldn't provide a number, a response met by chuckling that was bipartisan, but tilted toward the GOP side.

Hey, bipartisan laughter is the best kind. If you can laugh with someone, you can work with them. So, at least the snickering and sarcasm were bipartisan.

And isn't that what our President wants? For us to be bipartisan? You betcha.