It is, as Charles Krauthammer calls it, "the new, more ambitious, social-democratic brand of American liberalism introduced by Obama, of which Obamacare is both symbol and concrete embodiment." Perhaps it's a bit premature to identify the death of liberalism, or big government. But there is little doubt that both have taken a body blow to their credibility that they will be a long time recovering from. Krauthammer: Beyond the competence issue is the arrogance. Five million freely chosen, freely purchased, freely renewed health-care plans are summarily canceled. Why? Because they don't meet some arbitrary standard set by the experts in Washington. For all his news conference gyrations about not deliberately deceiving people with his "if you like it" promise, the law Obama so triumphantly gave us allows you to keep your plan only if he likes it. This is life imitating comedy -- that old line about a liberal being someone who doesn't care what you do as long as it's...(Read Full Post)