The Balloon Deflates

Weekly Standard ^ | 07/11/2009 | Bill Kristol

[fiscon1]

The air is seeping out of the Great Liberal Hot Air Balloon. American liberals have been hoping, wishing, and praying--okay, maybe not praying--for over a quarter-century for an end to the ghastly interlude of conservative dominance ushered in by Ronald Reagan. Surely it was all a bad dream, a waking nightmare, a bizarre deviation from the preordained path of history.

With the Democratic congressional victories in November 2006, the nightmare seemed to be ending. And in November 2008, with the election of Barack Obama and increased congressional majorities, it seemed to be over. A new era had dawned.

[hinckley buzzard]

Interesting--the quote from Palin in the article is the only effective challenge to Obama by a republican politician since the election--and she did it virtually off the cuff.

[RockinRight]

Real change will come in 2010 and 2012, as liberals suffer a defeat not seen since Hiroshima.

[petertare]

The turncoat krystall is tough to stomach. I just hope he consults with the Miss Gramanesty campaign, and drives it over a cliff a la his efforts with Mclame.

[john in springfield]

"The debt that our nation is incurring, trillions of dollars that we're passing on to our kids, expecting them to pay off for us, is immoral and doesn't even make economic sense. .  .  . President Obama, how are you going to pay for this one- or two- or three-trillion dollar health-care plan? How are you going to pay off the stimulus package, those borrowed dollars? How are you going to pay for so many things that you are proposing and you are implementing? Americans deserve to know."

[blam]

I agree. What a wimp.