Socialism has been discredited by tyranny. The economy has expanded for an entire decade. Stock values continue to exceed all rational expectations. Unemployment is at record lows.
Consumer confidence remains high.
Production is humming. Americans are awash in new products, gadgets and goods. And everywhere you look, free market ideology reigns with the swagger and arrogance of an undisputed champ. We have a challenger. For a scrawny, bespectacled, old scholar, the result packs a devastating wallop.