As Obama's poll numbers have declined, the Democrats' push to enact their agenda, especially cap and trade and nationalized health care, has become increasingly frenzied. This is no accident. They are laboring under a delusion. As Thomas Sowell said: The grand delusion of contemporary liberals is that they have both the right and the ability to move their fellow creatures around like blocks of wood -- and that the end results will be no different than if people had voluntarily chosen the same actions.By now, many Democrats must know, and even the most obtuse among them must suspect, public opinion is turning, and in some cases, already has turned, against them.  (See, e.g., here, here, here, here, here and here.) Thus the rush and Obama's deadline to pass nationalized health care by August.  Congressional Democrat leaders realize that if they recess before passing the bill, by the time they get back the public will have...(Read Full Post)