THE GREAT PLACATOR NEEDS TO THROW SOME ELBOWS. The Washington Post’s Courtland Milloy provides a sad commentary -- on two levels.

The first is Milloy’s assertion that Obama needs to “throw some elbows.” More correctly, the Obama administration is finally finding out what happens when the electorate refuses to be bullied -- a fat lip hurts.

And second is Milloy’s admission that he voted for the black -- and not the man. That’s going to hurt much more, for the next black man to aspire to the presidency is going to be faced with the near-insurmountable obstacle of Obama’s failed presidency.