Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Where have all the Sam Nunns gone?

They’re working at the Concord Coalition, according to William Tucker in “Democratic Moderates in Exile”:

Everyone at Concord attributes the current Democratic obstructionism to an emotional attachment to the era of Franklin D. Roosevelt. "Social Security and Medicare represent liberalism's two greatest triumphs," says [former Senator (D-NE) Bob] Kerrey. "Democrats are having a terrible time admitting that all the countries problems haven't already been solved. But it's wrong to argue Bush's proposals threaten the system. You have to think in terms of 2035, not 1935."
Well put. And you gotta love this line: “Concord is scornful of New York Times' columnist Paul Krugman and other liberal advocates who swear there is no crisis.”

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