Worrying about Obamacare
Today’s Washington Examiner editorial likens the Democrats’ final assault on the health care system to Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg: “a horrendous, bloody carnage that could have been avoided, had not their commander, Gen. Robert E. Lee, been so determined to do it his way — a massed frontal assault against a nearly impregnable position.” [...]
Democrats: Fluttering into the Windshield?
Michael Barone writes that “we’re seeing what happens when liberal dreams collide with American public opinion.”
It’s like what happens when a butterfly collides with the windshield of a speeding sport utility vehicle. Splat.
It’s a nice image.
“What’s really exceptional at this stage of Obama’s presidency,” writes Andrew Kohut, the Pew Research Center’s respected pollster, “is [...]
Quin Hillyer: Yes, "The One" Should Fail"
An interesting and thought-provoking morning read.
Quinn Hillyer on why we should all hope that Obama, who happens to be “a black man,” fails:
[...] Barack Obama’s thugocracy is dishonest, dangerous, and malicious, but it cannot be stronger than the aroused might of a free people. His foreign policy deliberately debases U.S. interests rightly understood, [...]
Support for Health Care Reform Continues to Drop
The bump in support for the Democrats’ health care plans that resulted from President Obama’s speech to Congress and associated media blitz is now history, as support for those plans is at a new low among voters:
Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s [...]
A whiff of pragmatism
Politico reports that Democratic party leaders are trying to prepare their liberal base to accept a compromise on health reform legislation. It’s a logical move considering how badly the Democrats are losing the battle for public opinion on the subject (see below).
The exact nature of the compromise is not entirely [...]
AGW ‘Consensus’ Takes Another Hit As More than 60 German Scientists Dissent Over Global Warming Claims And Call Climate Fears ‘Pseudo ‘Religion’
Via Climate Depot: Growing body of evidence shows anthropogenic CO2 plays no measurable role:
[...] More than 60 prominent German scientists have publicly declared their dissent from man-made global warming fears in an Open Letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The more than 60 signers of the letter include several United Nations IPCC scientists.
The scientists [...]
