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I know personally two of the three people Mr. Lind refers to in regard to the next republic -- Bruce Ackerman, who has come to my school several times, who has argued with me and other colleagues about his ideas of participation, and whose magnum opus "We the People" I have reviewed, and Ted Lowi, who was a teacher of mine and has been and is is a mentor. It is deeply gratifying to see that a public intellectual like Lind is reflecting at this level of sophistication.
But I have to say, Obama, if he does it, will begin a 5th republic -- for better or worse, the Reagan period, culminating with Bush, was not simply an interrugnum, but represented a terrible period of rule, a republic that we cannot disavowal.
