Exactly what folks were thinking on Tuesday

The very overreach of President Obama's aspirations has broadened the base of his opposition; most Americans, increasingly of every color, bristle at the idea of remaking America along the failed lines of European social democracy. It certainly hasn't helped the cause of Europhile, big-government advocates that (35-working-hours-per-week) Frenchmen have been throwing a national tantrum at the prospect of their retirement age being jacked up all the way to . . . 62. Great Britain, the mother of Fabian socialism, is being forced to slash its public sector to stave off national bankruptcy, and governments are panicking at deficits all across Europe. Is this really the time to be building a national health-care bureaucracy? Sounds to me like snagging a stand-by seat aboard the Hindenburg.

A Thumb in Leviathan's Eye; John Zmirak

The whole article is an excellent analysis.