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January 24, 2011



'In case you missed it, there is a fierce debate going

on. One side, which now controls the House and

effectively can block legislation in the Senate,

disparages science, wants America to be close to a

theocracy, craves a return to Wild West gun-slinging,

would gut social insurance, and repeal most of the

affirmative gains of social investment and public-

interest regulation since the New Deal.



'The other side recognizes the value of public spending

in a deep recession and beyond, wants a progressive tax

code, defends Social Security, Medicare and the new

health reform, wants the financial economy to be servant

of the real economy, supports regulation that benefits

workers and consumers, and accepts evidence-based

science when it comes to climate change and other

issues.



'Unfortunately, this other side describes only about

half the Democratic Party



'Give the Republicans this: they know what they stand

for. A good chunk of the Democratic Party today doesn't

quite.'



Robert Kuttner

co-editor of The American Prospect

Huffington Post

January 24, 2011

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