The nails in the coffins of "small government" - whatever the heck that ever meant, anyway, except as code for wealth redistribution upwards - look like they might get an able hammering.
Andrew Sullivan thinks that the GOP should come out for the "freedom" from government, by standing up for the 'right' of AIG workers to get paid ludicrous sums of money from a company that stands between us and ... even deeper recession:
It's appalling that 85 Republican congressmen never gave any thought to this consideration in their rush to pander to ignorant fools.
- AS, quoting Bruce Bartlett
