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The Democratic Line Is That The Republican House Does Nothing But Block And Oppose. In Fact, It Has Passed Hundreds Of Bills Only To Have Them Die Upon Reaching The Desk Of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He Has Rendered The Senate Inert By Simply Ensuring That Any Bill That Might Present A Politically Difficult Vote For His Democratic Colleagues Never Even Comes To The Floor.

The Conservative Idea Is Not That Government Has No Role. You Might Have Argued That In The Thirties When Conservatives Opposed The New Deal.

It Is An Old Liberal Theme That Conservative Ideas, Being Red In Tooth And Claw, Cannot Possibly Emerge From Any Notion Of The Public Good.

Every Two Years The American Politics Industry Fills The Airwaves With The Most Virulent, Scurrilous, Wall-to-wall Character Assassination Of Nearly Every Political Practitioner In The Country - And Then Declares Itself Puzzled That America Has Lost Trust In Its Politicians.

Where There Is A Confluence Of Interests Among Nations, As, For Example The Swine Flu Or Polio, You Can Get Well Functioning International Institutions Like The World Health Organization. And You Can Act. Climate Change Is Different, Because The Science Remains Hypothetical And The Potential Costs Staggering.