From the "Who knew this would happen" files: 7 Biggest Liberal Fails Of 2014 | The Daily Caller
7. The child migrant crisis at the border. The Obama administration floated an amnesty for young illegal immigrants, preventing the removal of people who would have benefited from the DREAM Act
6. The Democrats’ abortion obsession backfired. The tide finally turned in the “war on women.” Democrat Wendy Davis ran for governor of Texas ... Udall found himself mocked as “Mark Uterus.”
5. France was forced to abandon its “super-tax” on the rich. It’s no secret American liberals look to Canada and Europe to see what policies to impose next here. So it’s worth noting that the French will bid au revoir to Socialist President Francois Hollande’s 75 percent tax on earnings over 1 million euros, or approximately $1.2 million.
4. Vermont had to shelve its single-payer health care system.
In the immortal words of P.J. O’Rourke, “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!”
3. The spending cuts that didn’t cause a recession. Barack Obama boasts that the economy is now the best it’s been since he took office. But if you listened to many of his economic advisers and supporters, that shouldn’t have been the case, thanks to the sequestration spending cuts.
2. All things Gruber. Forget HealthCare.gov. Health care policy wonk Jonathan Gruber went from being the architect of Obamacare to its one-man wrecking crew.
1. Republicans won in November. Not only did Republicans recapture the Senate, after failing to do so in 2010 and 2012. Republicans will hold the governorship in Democratic states like Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois. Troubled incumbent GOP governors won reelection in Kansas, Maine, Florida and Wisconsin. Republicans held Ohio in a landslide. Republicans will control 69 of 99 state legislative chambers, a record high.
6. The Democrats’ abortion obsession backfired. The tide finally turned in the “war on women.” Democrat Wendy Davis ran for governor of Texas ... Udall found himself mocked as “Mark Uterus.”
5. France was forced to abandon its “super-tax” on the rich. It’s no secret American liberals look to Canada and Europe to see what policies to impose next here. So it’s worth noting that the French will bid au revoir to Socialist President Francois Hollande’s 75 percent tax on earnings over 1 million euros, or approximately $1.2 million.
4. Vermont had to shelve its single-payer health care system.
In the immortal words of P.J. O’Rourke, “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!”
3. The spending cuts that didn’t cause a recession. Barack Obama boasts that the economy is now the best it’s been since he took office. But if you listened to many of his economic advisers and supporters, that shouldn’t have been the case, thanks to the sequestration spending cuts.
2. All things Gruber. Forget HealthCare.gov. Health care policy wonk Jonathan Gruber went from being the architect of Obamacare to its one-man wrecking crew.
1. Republicans won in November. Not only did Republicans recapture the Senate, after failing to do so in 2010 and 2012. Republicans will hold the governorship in Democratic states like Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois. Troubled incumbent GOP governors won reelection in Kansas, Maine, Florida and Wisconsin. Republicans held Ohio in a landslide. Republicans will control 69 of 99 state legislative chambers, a record high.
