Legal Commentary

The Airing Of The Grievances

By Big Tent Democrat

Kevin Drum:

Jonathan Bernstein has a question for us left-leaning types:

Think back to what you were thinking in November 2008, and in January 2009. As the 111th Congress winds down, what's your biggest disappointment of the things you expected to happen? Not your wish list, but the things you really expected to happen. What's your biggest happy surprise?

Drum mentions health care reform, withdrawal from Iraq and carbon pricing as his 3 big issues. He thinks Obama got 2 out of 3 plus some other good stuff. Yet again, I find myself in disagreement with Establishment bloggers and remain dumbfounded by their disregard for the importance of tax policy. My biggest disappointments were the inadequate stimulus and especially, the Bush/Obama tax cuts. If he had performed well on those 2 fronts, I would be the biggest Obama Bot there is. He didn't and I'm not. (I also don't think much of the "reform" in the health bill so that makes a difference for me too.)

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 20, 2010 (boomark / email).