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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?
  • Why the timidity?

    The Democratic Party should be seen as the political equivalent of a battered spouse or battered domestic partner. The Dems have been ground down so long by the wildly successful Republican hate-mongering machine that they lost the ability to act boldly. Their hearts are in the right place, but it will take a while -- and much understanding and support from the liberal/progressive punditry, let me add -- for them to regain the courage needed to fully engage the real power -- corporate America.

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