After winning last month’s elections and becoming the ruling party in the State Capitol for the first time since 1986, Democrats should be full of post-election glee and seasonal joy. But the economy is tanking and state Dems are more likely to be greeting this New Year with calculators than champagne as they glumly try to figure out how to deliver on promised reforms in the midst of a financial mess.
A central question during caucuses this week will undoubtedly be the fate of a glittering array of health-related measures touted on the campaign trail.