Empty Health Care Promises Will Haunt Obama
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 24th, 2010 5:32 am by HL
Empty Health Care Promises Will Haunt Obama
Byron York, Examiner
Barack Obama is only halfway through his term, but it's not too early to ask: What is the biggest whopper he has told as president? So far, the hands-down winner is:”No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people. If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.”
Is the Electorate Moving Right?
Jay Cost, The Weekly Standard
The 2010 midterm election saw a historically large percentage of voters claim to be conservative – 42 percent, compared to 32 percent in 2006 and 37 percent in 1994. Unsurprisingly, this has not escaped the notice of liberal analysts who promulgate the “Emerging Democratic Majority” thesis, which proposes that over time the electorate will naturally favor the Democrats. How do these analysts respond to this problematic (for them) trend?
Airport Security Uproar Frustrates White House Advisers
A Poor START
Rich Lowry, National Review
Sometime after the Democratic losses in the midterm elections, a funny thing happened to the New START treaty. It became a matter of extreme urgency.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the treaty with Russia a matter of “life and death.” A lefty group cut a “Daisy ad” showing a girl counting flower petals until she's rudely interrupted by a thermonuclear blast – evidently caused by the failure to ratify New START. Receive news alertsIt's undoubtedly a time of nuclear angst, but Moscow doesn't have much to do with it. Pyongyang just revealed a vast new…
