Congress Becomes a Death Panel for ObamaCare
by MB Snow
Like most of the stories out today previewing the State of the Union speech, writer Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s piece talks about how Obama will take credit for rescuing the nation from another Great Depression, starting to rebuild the economy, and restoring Americas leadership in the world. He is also going to be “tough” and “populist.”
Except for expanding the Bush bailouts, his first year claims will be on subjective terms – he’ll be looking for an E for effort on health care, the environment, and Wall Street regulation. He will also rail against the “special interests” that he says have thwarted his efforts to help him build his more equitable version of American society, invoking his disused “New Foundation” concept. (Not the good special interests, like Pharma, Big Insurance and labor, that helped write the health bill, but other, bad special interests.)
