"Conservatives have finally figured out their critique of President Obama's agenda, and it's a familiar one: He wants to make us French...  What, exactly, is so awful about European social-style democracy? France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Norway, and Denmark are among the planet's more enlightened places, with excellent public services and benefits -- not to mention really fast trains."  Jacob Weisberg, Slate.Recent Economic Growth in US and Europe (excluding former Soviet bloc)(Read Full Post)