The Democrats’ Worst Nightmare?
Monday, May 10th, 2010Chris Stirewalt’s article should give Democrats a scare. If he’s right, the Democrats are peddling the wrong message this year. First, let’s talk about the visuals problem that Stirewalt sees:
It was a jarring split screen.
On one side of the television, members of Congress were bloviating about the need for financial reform to prevent another crisis. On the other side of the screen, Greek rioters were finally dispersing in a cloud of tear gas after their firebombs sent world markets skidding. Down in the lower right corner, the readout on the Dow looked like the altimeter on a nose-diving jet.
How funny that anyone would promise to bring security and predictability to a financial world that can be undone by the protests of some uncivil servants in a little country in the corner of Europe with a gross domestic product about the same size as that of Massachusetts.
The Democrats are promising to correct Wall Street’s ills with their financial regulations legislation. Their consistent message has been that more government intrusion is the answer to each of our problems. That’s a foolish message to peddle at a time when people don’t trust government, whether it’s in DC, St. Paul or Sacramento. (more…)