Weekend Links, Links, Links (some good articles)

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/damned_by_success_AOcrx67rshnYt9aTtBcaCP#ixzz0zFCnK4g8

John Podhoretz: The electoral crisis faced by Obama and the Democrats isn’t solvable between now and Nov. 2, and will be difficult even to mitigate.

The problem is that Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress have done what they wanted to do. They wanted a gigantic fiscal stimulus and they got it. They wanted health-care reform and they got it.

As their supporters among the chattering classes argue incessantly, Obama has had a historic first 18 months with an astonishing record of achievement. They should be proud, no? Usually, successful people don’t want to hide from their successes.Except when they are catastrophic successes. And these were.In arguing for the enactment of these very dramatic policies, Obama and his people made claims they clearly now regret, as when his chief economic adviser said the unemployment rate would fall to 8 percent as a result of the stimulus.

……. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_we_miss_bush_9o63exgvXPSRHG0LYe9bSK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/bam_in_the_bunker_wq02ywZxJFUza5mICzBQVK"still pitching ideas voters hate"

And also:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/their_feast_our_famine_l4AlbMStL0ZEfdONzdUVdJ

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/mta_free_pass_for_labor_3k0cEmL5vdi7AWbYeKWgUN