Professor Glenn Reynolds nails it:
Nigel Tufnel, many will remember, was the fictitious heavy metal guitarist in the fictional “rockumentary” “This Is Spinal Tap.” In a classic scene, he displays his guitar collection and his special amplifier that — unlike all other amplifiers in existence — has knobs that go all the way up to 11, instead of just 10.
And that’s what Obama has done: In his first two years as president, he’s taken us to 11 in so many ways. . . .
Read the whole thing. There’s a Memeorandum thread, with further blog commentary by Don Surber, Classical Values, Riehl World View and — amazingly enough — Instapundit.