Kimberley Strassel on All Topics
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“His agenda on the ropes, President Obama made a calculated decision to pivot to populism. The Massachusetts Senate race highlighted a fed-up public. The White House strategy: Channel that anger away from itself and to easier targets. Its opening shots were a new tax on banks, new restrictions on banking activities, and Mr. Obama roaring, "We want our money back!"”
“By midweek, the political pundits decreed Mr. Romney the other big winner. Some went so far as to credit him with the 41st vote, potentially saving the nation from ObamaCare. In doing so, they unwittingly touched on the flip side of this week's race. For all the benefits this contest held for the former governor, it also churned up what will prove the biggest obstacle to Romney 2012.”
“The point is rather that there is now officially enough nervousness that anything can happen. Whatever the Tuesday election outcome, Mr. Brown already claims victory for rattling Democratic minds. And should he win, health care becomes even more toxic. This isn't over yet.”
“What is happening instead is a real (if underreported) effort to reshape the party from the bottom up—to, in effect, repopulate it with a crop of reformist candidates in the midterm.”
“Enacting health-care legislation in the face of overwhelming public disapproval may cost the party its chance of forging a sustainable majority.”
“The administration has given a skittish Congress another reason not to pass cap and trade.”
“The president needs to rally the nation, not just the troops.”
“The recently disclosed emails and documents from University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit compromise the integrity of the United Nations' global warming reports.”
“The Democratic Party seeks a wildly optimistic individual to oversee a national jobs-creation program.”
“Employee arguments against cap-and-trade legislation aren't welcome.”
“Show them any sign of weakness ... and rattled Dems would begin to care more about their own re-elections than they did their president. Tuesday, the White House hit that tipping point.”
“The Chamber of Commerce is only the latest target of the Chicago Gang in the White House.”
“Mr. Deeds has plenty going against him in this race, including his party's unpopular Washington agenda. But the unions have clearly been more hurt than help.”
“Senators aren't counting on reform savings when it comes to their constituents.”
“Climate-change legislation helps a few big utility companies, but costs most Americans.”
