A New Social Contract
By Michael Kazin and Julian Zelizer | Sunday, June 22, 2008 | The Washington Post
“…For the first time since 1964, Democrats have a good chance not just to win the White House and a majority in Congress but to enact a sweeping new liberal agenda. Conservative ideas are widely discredited, as is the Republican Party that the right has controlled since Ronald Reagan was elected. The war in Iraq has undermined the conservative case for unilateral military intervention and U.S. omnipotence. Economic insecurity has led Americans to question the rhetoric about ‘big’ government, while President Bush’s embrace of new federal programs has undermined GOP promises to cut spending….:…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002273_pf.html
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