by Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas,Chicago Tribune
Obama's inexperience is being exploited by Reid and Pelosi
Barack Obama walked the halls of the Capitol as a senator for nearly four years,and in his earliest decisions following election assembled a coterie of key advisers with deep roots in Congress.
And so it came as a surprise that Obama’s first real workweek in Washington as president-elect was marked by collisions with those former colleagues,including some who had helped him win the White House.
In naming a CIA director and in shaping his massive economic stimulus plan,Obama managed to rankle some lawmakers from his own party by stepping crosswise of their procedures,prerogatives and personal feelings.