Friday, July 24, 2009

Krauthammer 7/24/09

Why Obamacare Is Sinking


Summary: Health care has become the signature issue of the Obama Administration but hope and change are not what marks his effort. Old fashioned Democrat special-interest group politics is. Exhibit: The Trial Lawyers Lobby.


My Views: K leads with the image of rhetoric meeting reality. If only Obama's rhetoric matched reality. I for one was really hoping that a Democratic President could and would take on the Democrat special interests that have hobbled solutions to our political problems for so long. Yet, here there is no hope or change. He criticizes the Republican special interests and supports the Democratic ones. Same old politics; just lots more spending.

Charles Krauthammer is a more establishment columnist. He came to punditry by way of psychiatry (at Massachusetts General Hospital) via the New Republic Magazine. He appears on TV where you never see his wheelchair. Here's his Wiki bio.
