Despite negative public misperceptions, the 111th Congress is on its way to becoming the most productive since the historic 89th Congress of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society 11965-67, according to analyst Norm Ornstein, and Obama already has the most legislative success of any modern president -- and that includes Ronald Reagan and Johnson. Click.
Obama has also reinvigorated America's regulatory apparatus -- agencies and commissions created during the progressive era to protect the public. Analyst John Judis calls this a Quiet Revolution.

