Now that Obama’s healthcare bill is law, the opposition’s view becomes clear: Insuring pre-existing conditions is fine. Extending family coverage to 26-year-olds and slowly shrinking the donut hole – no problem, but don’t stop paying extra for Medicare Advantage, and don’t raise any taxes, anywhere, any time. They believe in Republican reform: buy now and [...]

The census form arriving mid-March asks who lived at this address on April 1? Please respond immediately. A few days later, well before month-end, a postcard reminds us to complete the form and mail it right away. Maybe it’s a good idea to count expectations, but better English would make us less skeptical of more [...]

Any member of congress considering a vote against starting to reform healthcare should know there’s a place in the brain where blunders are stored until you get old and have time to ponder them the rest of your life.

Mr. President, you promised us change, and it’s time to deliver. So far you’ve stayed with Bush in the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Wall Street wars, surrendered the high ground on healthcare, detainees, and economic stimulus. Your other campaign pledges haven’t faired so well. We knew you had your heart set on bipartisanship and building consensus, [...]

The New York Times suggests Governor Rick Perry’s victory in Texas was a loss for Washington. My recollection is Hutchinson supported W, and joins her party in rejecting every Obama idea. That makes it sound more like rejection of Republican leadership and a victory for the Tea Partiers, and gives Democrats an easier target. Those [...]

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, suggests Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana, might be a Republican candidate for president. He says leasing the state’s toll roads “reaped $3.8 billion,” but doesn’t explain how selling future income differs from borrowing money. He says Daniels’ Healthy Indiana plan, “aspires to eventually cover 130,000 people, about a third [...]

Frank Rich demonstrates what’s wrong with the Democratic party in Sunday’s New York Times. He is too smart, too nuanced, too intellectually honest. “There is a clear distinction between the tea party movement and the Republican party,” he asserts, “and we ignore it at our peril.” Yes, but there’s no danger for Democrats. It seems [...]