I think what the WSJ is referring to is “Qualified Dividends” (Under the Bush tax cuts, dividends that are taxed at the same rate as capital gains), even though they aren’t making that clear. This wiki page has a small data sheet explaining the changes.

After December 31, 2012, all dividends will be taxed as ordinary income, and ordinary income tax rates return to those in effect in 2000.

So… it’s a return to Clinton tax rates.

And “ObamaCare”. Jeez, WSJ, really?