In Case Anyone Needs Reminding, It Was

Washington Is Gripped By Crab-in-the-bucket Syndrome. And There's No Cure In Sight. Put A Single Crab In An Uncovered Bucket, And It Will Find A Way To Climb Up And Out On Its Own. Put A Dozen Crabs In A Bucket, And 11 Will Fight With All Their Might To Pull Down The Striver Who Attempts Escape.

Let There Be No Doubt: Democrats Are The Party With Two Ideas: Borrow And Spend. The Only Vigorous Internal Debate On The Left Revolves Around Two Questions: How Much And How Much More?

Since When Did The American Dream Become The American Guarantee?

A City Suffering From Chronic Poverty, Out-of-control Crime, A $76 Million Budget Deficit And A 15 Percent Unemployment Rate (nearly 50 Percent For Oakland's Youth) Can Hardly Afford Such Social Justice Follies. But A Pushover Democratic Mayor And An Overwhelmed Police Force Have Left What's Left Of Gainfully Employed Oakland Taxpayers At The Mercy Of Professional Freeloaders And Anti-capitalism Saboteurs.

Acorn, You May Recall, Is The Left-wing Activist Group With Longtime Ties To Community Organizer-turned-president Barack Obama. The Nonprofit, Which Now Takes In 40 Percent Of Its Revenues From American Taxpayers After Four Decades On The Public Teat, Has A History Of Engaging In Voter Fraud, Corporate Shakedowns, Partisan Bullying And Pro-illegal Immigration Lobbying. The Democrats' Stimulus Proposals Could Make The Group - And Its Lesser Known But Even More Radical Ideological Allies - Eligible For Upward Of $5 Billion In New Public Cash.