Why Small Government Has Collapsed

Prospect writer says Dems can drown movement in bathtub

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 8, 2007 6:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – Democrats have never been so well positioned to sell big-government liberalism—as the other side looks pathetically out of step with Americans’ desires to expand health care and bolster infrastructure, says the American Prospect’s Paul Waldman. After the Minnesota bridge collapse, the public is... Read full story »

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