Impatient
November 5, 2008
5:10 AM CST
Here’s the bleak picture:
A sharp lurch to the left and enactment of a liberal agenda, or major parts of it, are all but inevitable. The centrist limits in earlier eras of Democratic control are gone. In the short run, Democrats may be constrained by the weak economy and a large budget deficit. Tax hikes and massive spending programs, except those billed as job creation, may have to be delayed.
But much of their agenda—the “card check” proposal to end secret ballots in union elections, the Fairness Doctrine to stifle conservative talk radio, liberal judicial nominees, trade restrictions, retreat from Iraq, talks with Iran—doesn’t require spending. And after 14 years of Republican control of Congress, the presidency, or both, Democrats are impatient. They want to move quickly.
And they have two whole years to do it in, assuming of course that the 2010 Congressional elections bring at least a few Republican lawmakers back into Congress to put a small brake on the process. Otherwise, it’s at least four years of liberal bullshit.
The rest of the piece is equally gloomy.
