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WASHINGTON -- In 1950, Lionel Trilling could write, "In the United States at this time liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition." In 1980, as the Reagan revolution was starting, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan concluded, "Of a sudden, the GOP has become the party of ideas."
Where now is the intellectual center of gravity -- the thrill of innovation, the ideological momentum -- in American politics? Not in the party of Obama.
This failure of imagination was on full display during Barack Obama's address to Congress. In a moment that demanded new policy to cut...
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September 9, 2009
RUSH: So tonight President Obama calls the people's representatives together to tell them to ignore those that elected them. That's what's on tap tonight. How's that for an authoritarian? He calls for a joint session of the US Congress, those who represent the people of the "57 states," and he is essentially going to make a plea to them to ignore the people who put 'em in office. If Obama is he'll give a speech that's so persuasive the elected representatives of the people will ignore the specific instructions of the...