House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled her version of healthcare reform at a highly-orchestrated news conference yesterday. Featured in coverage in the Washington Post was the fact that the event featured 50-pound bags of salt -- used to anchor...

Matthew Continetti's editorial, "The inevitability myth," in the November 2nd Weekly Standard asks: "Did the Democrats become Calvinists when we weren't looking?" Continetti discusses the Obama/Reid/Pelosi strategy to pass healthcare reform. They argue, he says, that passage is "inevitable" given the...