Color all of us who opposed ObamaCare shocked: Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats’ efforts to trumpet their signature achievement before the midterm elections. Aetna Inc., some BlueCross BlueShield plans and other smaller carriers have asked for premium increases of between 1% and 9% to pay for extra benefits required under the

Well, maybe I’m paraphrasing a bit. But for what it’s worth, I think I’ve caught the spirit of the thing.

Harsanyi: No doubt it came as a shock to many of you that weatherizing windows couldn’t get a $14 trillion economy cooking again. But if an $800 billion infusion of government and union bailouts failed to spur any decent economic growth, then how is a new “piecemeal” $50 billion stimulus going to work out? Media reports tell me this is more complex. The president has devised an exhilarating new plan

Rick Manning, Americans for Limited Government: How could someone seemingly get everything they touch wrong? You would think proposing tax cuts would be safe territory for our incumbent president, until you examine his actual proposed cuts. President Obama is expected to announce a $200 billion two year tax cut for business to encourage them to move up their capital expenditures and stimulate the economy through their purchases — essentially applying