With energy prices rising, turning household bills into
political kryptonite and making the debate ever more fierce, it's worth reminding ourselves what this is all about.
It was August 2009 when the tea party opposition to health - care reform exploded and turned the Affordable Care Act into
political kryptonite.
These two elections have shattered the myth cultivated by conservative politicians, newspaper columnists, think tanks and lobby groups for decades that promising to increase taxes is
political kryptonite.