A Disastrous Year Domestically ; Liberal Blitzkrieg Leaves Americans Cold

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With President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, in charge, liberalism took a big step forward on the domestic front in 2010. Fortunately, the public's icy response to big government's advance means the new year represents the perfect opportunity to take two steps back toward fiscal responsibility.

Consider Mr. Obama's signature achievement, the nationalization of health care. A Democratic Congress rammed through the first draft of Obamacare on Christmas Eve in 2009 having shut Republicans - and the public - out of the process entirely. Mr. Obama signed the final version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, and ever since the scheme has been on life support. In August, 71 percent of Missouri voters approved a ballot measure blocking implementation at the state level. Arizona and Oklahoma voters followed with state constitutional amendments accomplishing the same goal. In the wake of Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli's court victory striking down the individual mandate last month, a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey indicated that 60 percent of the public opposed having the government force people to buy health insurance.

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A Disastrous Year Domestically ; Liberal Blitzkrieg Leaves Americans Cold

The failure of Mr. Obama's Keynesian economic policies to restart a stagnant economy represents 2010's other big story. The year op...

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