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Friday, March 6, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama's timid liberalism

Once, even Republican presidents like Eisenhower and Nixon believed in the public sector. Now, during a national crisis, a Democrat opts for inadequate, neoliberal, private-sector remedies. What happened?
By Michael Lind

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    He is a Republican.

    Some wise ass said that "we are Republicans now" and boy was he right.

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