YET "CONSERVATIVES" HATE HIM:

Look to the states, America (Neal Peirce, 2/26/07, Seattle Times)

If you're wondering where American governance is headed, don't look to Washington -- look to the states.

We're into one of those classic times, repeated through our history, when the federal government retrenches, trying to cut taxes, leaving decisions to the private sector.

The Democrats controlling Congress may prefer a more activist course, but the Bush administration's program of deep tax cuts and its preference for military over domestic spending will leave its mark for years to come. Even a Democratic president, should one be elected, would be restrained by the deep debt run up by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and by Bush-era deficit spending.

But check the states.

If the Rightwing think tanks sat down to draw up a plan for what a presidency should achieve, two of the main goals would be returning power to the states and the private sphere. W has accomplished them and they think he's a Leftist. We aren't called the Stupid Party for nothin'.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 26, 2007 7:11 AM