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The new old thing.(POLITICS)(Brief article)
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S task in his inaugural address was to unify the country behind his leadership, so he did not give a partisan speech. He made several nods to post-partisanship, as when he pledged to get past "stale political arguments" and "worn-out dogmas"--pledges that both of his predecessors also made.
But Obama does not consider the dogmas of liberalism worn out, as his speech made clear. From the financial crisis he draws the lesson that "the market can spin out of control" when it is not kept under the "watchful eye" of government. One need not deny that government has a vital regulatory role to recognize ideology masquerading as thought.
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The new president is also a man enthralled by his own novelty: We are to start taking care of our poor, and the poor of the world, and respecting our constitutional ideals. He matches contemporary liberalism's self-regard with his own.
His congressional majorities are strong, but his ambition will tax them. He is placing a large and ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The new old thing.(POLITICS)(Brief article)