Business Week?s Al Hunt suggests in the latest issue that President Obama?s success in winning passage of health-care reform legislation is ?one for the history books? and a victory that will ?boost his credibility.?
John Hood offers a very different take on the political implications of ObamaCare:
Never before has Washington been so out of step with the country on a domestic policy matter of such import. Never before has Congress driven itself to such depths of public disapproval for the sake of indulging left-wing fanaticism.
But once before, a Democratic president did seek to nationalize health care through a complex array of new federal taxes and regulations. Bill Clinton failed. His effort led to a Republican takeover of Congress, and of the North Carolina House. But at least he failed, which meant that he had room to change the subject and pivot to the center to save his presidency in 1996. Barack Obama ?succeeded,? and won?t be able to shed the issue in time for his reelection campaign.
