Daniel Henninger sees a general decline of governance driven by a corrupt, obtuse political class: the Democrats mired in outdated governance models, oblivious to change, with the GOP marginally less out of touch. Peggy Noonan sees "callous children" misgoverning because the current class has never known truly desperate times. Charles Krauthammer sees President Obama doing more blaming of his predecessor than governing. Mark Steyn sees Bush as "Blame Czar" for Team Obama. George Will explains how liberals intimidate referendum voters by demanding disclosure of who sponsors referenda they dislike. Will also said on "ABC News This Week" that the latest health care bill--amusingly advertised as preserving consumer choice--uses the "shall" 3,425 times in its gazillion pages. The common predicate of all these pieces: a fundamental failure of governance. The first target of resulting voter anger will likely be that nice man in the White House who, pundit Michael Goodwin tells us, is being tripped up by problems of power in his first year--specifically, overusing his bully pulpit & retreating abroad. Yet another Presidential power trip was recounted this AM by co-host Joe Scarborough on "CNBC Morning Joe": Yesterday, the entire northeast air corridor was shut down for four hours while His Royal Highness visited New Jersey to stump for embattled Governor Jon Corzine (shades of Bill Clinton's $400 haircut that shut down LAX for 30 minutes). Karl Rove takes a peek at tomorrow's elections and sees trouble for 44.
Bottom Line. There is growing public sentiment that the governing classes have lost touch with reality, and are consumed by preoccupation with their own sense of entitlement. This is profoundly unhealthy for the future of the republic.
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