QUOTE OF THE DAY – AT 8:12 P.M. ET:  Victor Davis Hanson points out that, a year ago, the media thought we were on the verge of a New Utopia, led by demigod Barack Obama. 

But Obama raised up his hands, blessed us...and nothing happened.  There's rarely been a meltdown quite like this.

Hanson notes the liberal response to the melting.  It's not too thoughtful:

The implosion of the Obama administration is newsworthy, but not as astonishing as this petulant liberal reappraisal of both popular political participation and the structure of American government.

Given that the people apparently don't want bigger deficits, more stimulus, statist health care, cap and trade, or "comprehensive" immigration reform, and given that the most influential members of the Obama administration think the people either do or should want those things, we are apparently left with blaming George Bush, or self-righteously blaming the people for their stupidity, selfishness, brainwashing, or racism. Yet all of those assumptions only exacerbate the problem, and if continually voiced will turn a mid-term correction into an abject disaster for Democrats.

COMMENT:  During my lifetime there's been a role reversal in American politics.  At one time the real liberals acted like real people, and the Republican establishment acted like members of the Royal court.

Now it's the reverse.  Republicans are much closer to the people – Reagan proved that – and the Dems believe they're part of the royal class.  If they're Manhattan, Beverly Hills, or Georgetown Dems, they believe they're above the royal class, and well into the Divine group.

The mighty have fallen, and aren't getting up.

February 17, 2010