Featured Articles — November 5, 2009

November 5, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting takes from home and abroad:

Finally, an Authentic G.O.P. By Alex Castellanos, The New York Times
DID Republicans win so many of the elections on Tuesday because of their conservative base or because they went beyond it? The answer to both questions is yes.

Voters Are Desperate for Political Leadership By Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal
Welcome to the permanent American tea party.

Tuesday’s Suburban Vote Swing By Karl Rove, The Wall Street Journal
Even a five-point shift would mean big Democratic losses in 2010.

‘Permanent Democratic majority’ begins to unravel By James Pethokoukis, Reuters
America’s “permanent Democratic majority” ran smack into the economy’s apparent “new normal” of high unemployment and big deficits. Score one for the economy — and for Republicans.

Relax, Democrats By Ruy Teixeira, The New York Times
TO hear Republicans tell it, Tuesday’s elections, in which their candidates captured the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, were a repudiation of President Obama and indicated a voter shift toward their party. They should calm themselves down. The results don’t show this and, in fact, suggest some rather daunting challenges for the Republicans.

The “Costs” of Medical Care: Part II By Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Although it is cheaper to buy a pint of milk than to buy a quart of milk, nobody considers that to be lowering the price of milk. Although it is cheaper to buy a lower quality of all sorts of goods than to buy a higher quality, nobody thinks of that as lowering the price of either lower or higher quality goods.

Some Vaguely Heretical Thoughts on Health-Care Reform By John Cassidy, The New Yorker
With the publication of H.R. 3962, the House Democrats’ mammoth, 1,990-page proposal to restructure the health-care system (the outlines of which can be found in this detailed summary), decision time is fast approaching in the big reform debate. Paul Krugman, in his usual forthright style, says, “History is about to be made—and everyone has to decide which side they’re on.”

1989 changed the world. But where now for Europe? By Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian
Year of revolutions: Mired in the narcissism of minor difference, Europe is failing to face up to the world its revolution helped to create.

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