The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Trenton Farmers Market Fish Shack Employee Flustered by Snow, Verizon”–headline, Trentonian (Trenton, N.J.), Nov. 5
- “The Euro Elite Are Totally Out of Touch With the Modern World”–headline, Sunday Telegraph (London), Nov. 6
Out on a Limb
- “One year out from the 2012 election, President Obama faces the most difficult reelection environment of any White House incumbent in two decades. . . . Obama could become the first one-term president since George H.W. Bush. . . . But public disaffection with the [Republican] party and a muddled battle for the GOP nomination leave open the possibility that Republicans will not be able to capitalize on the conditions that have put the president on the defensive. . . . What can be said at this point is that, after three years of pitched battles between Obama and congressional Republicans, the country is heading toward a high-stakes contest.”–Washington Post, Nov. 6
- “Schumer: Supercommittee Will Fail”–headline, TheHill.com, Nov. 7
For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.”
