By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
Yes, if Mitt Romney wins the White House and his Republican allies retake the Senate, he could shred most of President Barack Obama's health care law without having to overpower a Democratic filibuster.
Several issues are being distorted in the wake of the Supreme Court's contradictory, backdoor ruling that up-held President Obama's health care law on a disputed word definition.
President Obama gave a speech in Iowa recently in which he told one of the biggest whoppers of his 2012 re-election campaign.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday he's naming Sen. Patty Murray to co-chair a powerful "super committee" charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall.
The latest front in the battle over U.S. economic policy comes down to a man, a marker and a white board.
Sheila Bair logged onto her e-mail account recently and got a pop-up ad offering a $175,000 home loan with monthly payments of only $400.
"Obama turned a temporary expansion of government, through TARP and the auto bailouts, into a permanent expansion of government," writes Stanford University economist Keith Hennessey.
"Before Obama, federal spending averaged 20 percent of [gross domestic product] for decades. Now he is presiding over a much bigger government, at 24 percent," Mr. Hennessey says.
