According to conventional wisdom, the first day of a president's second term marks the beginning of his lame duck session and the end of any chance for compromise. The president and his party lose the incumbancy edge, and the other side starts plotting the next election. 

But that hasn't happened yet. Instead, we're seeing a weird window of time when everybody is rushing for the medium ground. They are actually compromising. They are actually doing stuff. 

Randi Weingarten and Chris Christie AGREED on something. They passed merit pay legislation in New Jersey, which marks a huge concession on the Democrats part. 

Republican pundits are making HUGE changes in their position on immigration and the role of government. 

Bengazi and the Susan Rice thing isn't going away, but I'm also not seeing a lot of conflict about it. I think the Democrats are throwing her to the dogs right now, because they don't want a fight. (A huge mistake, BTW. This is a fight worth fighting.) 

I don't know how long this honeymoon is going to last, but it's highly amusing to watch it unfold.