Why a big Barack Obama win is likely to damage America

Democrats finally have found a surge they like. It's a surge of liberal ideas, and if they descend on Washington with the force the polls suggest, America is about to take a leftward lurch.

The ramifications would be dramatic. If Obama delivers on the change he has promised, it could mean that capitalism as it has been defined becomes a dirty word while "sharing the wealth" gains scriptural significance. American exceptionalism, the guiding if unspoken force of our foreign policy for most of our history, will be out, international cooperation in.

Even McCain's charge that Obama is a socialist is largely falling flat. While such an explosive charge should be reliable against someone as liberal as Obama, it's not working because voters are so frightened and angry by the economic meltdown that they want bigger government and a larger safety net, whatever the costs in dollars and free-market principles...

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