Those who rule “in the name of the People” are jealous gods. – SB

This campaign has been notable for the (relative) lack of ideological discussion. Platform? What platform? I don’t causally throw this word around because it is overused, but the design and execution of the Obama campaign was nothing short of genius – offensive in the stark shiv of subliminal suggestion and imagery, but brilliant.

Despite the reams of outpouring on this board, ideology was a nonstarter in this campaign. Only within the past week did the idea of redistribution enter the public consciousness. Look at the legs that issue had.

Steve Forbes is saying that Obama will have no control over a massively Democratic House and Senate who will immediately implement (1) some form of GSE health care proposal and (2) Employee Free Choice Act, which would strip workers of the right to a private vote (an issue that has received zero coverage aside from Jack Welsh’s outraged opposition.) Health care was covered from the angle of government sponsorship. Period. The Free Choice Act was never mentioned. What to watch for? Passage of that bill is a real and significant encroachment on labor rights. A First Step if you will. As things look now, it’s another done deal.

And “wealthy” has been redefined down to $120,000 gross income.

And that’s not even to get into “bankrupting the coal industry.”

Carbon capture and sequestration = wealth redefined to $75,000.

Jealous gods, indeed. Sounds a lot less rhetorical in this context doesn’t it?