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	Subject:	Give credit where credit is...
	Date:	4/5/2009 5:19:40 PM

The story of political polarization isn’t a matter of both parties moving to the extreme. It’s hard to make a case that Democrats have moved significantly to the left. On economic issues from welfare to taxes, Bill Clinton governed not just to the right of Carter, but to the right of Nixon. It’s obvious the Republicans have moved to the right. Compare GW Bush to Gerald Ford. Nixon governed on domestic issues as a moderate, perhaps even a liberal by raising taxes, expanding environmental regulation, even seeking to introduce national health insurance. “Comprehensive health insurance is an idea whose time has come to America. Let us act now to assure all Americans financial access to high quality medical care.(Nixon - 1974)” This plan broadly resembled John Edward’s plan. Nixon pushed for guaranteed minimum income. He pushed through a tax increase, including the alternative minimum tax which was intended to crack down on the wealthy who managed to use tax shelters to avoid taxes. He passed the Clean Air Act. In foreign affairs, he opened a dialogue with Communist China. The modern Rep party has been taken over by radicals. There hasn’t been any corresponding radicalization of the Dems, so the right-wing takeover of the GOP is the underlying cause of today’s bitter partisanship.

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