do the right thing<\/a><\/s>\u00a0are infantile and don\u2019t know what\u2019s good for them.<\/p>\n2. Democracy is\u00a0finally working again<\/s>\u00a0in decline and the people are ungovernable.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0The filibuster is\u00a0a much-needed check on the Bush-Cheney steamrolling nexus<\/s>\u00a0evil.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Bloggers and pundits\u00a0overwhelmingly support much-needed progressive change<\/s>\u00a0are a D.C. echo chamber we should ignore.<\/p>\n
5. Congress\u00a0has become a Culture of Corruption\u00a0<\/s>is full of hard-working servants who more than earn the perks they sometime receive.<\/p>\n
6. Americans and their politicians\u00a0should listen to brave voices of dissent within the intelligence community<\/s>\u00a0must support in bipartisan fashion their government\u2019s policies against terrorism.<\/p>\n
7. Bipartisanship is\u00a0simply caving to Republican obstructionism<\/s>\u00a0a way to get the country moving again.<\/p>\n
8. Trying KSM in New York is\u00a0proof of the resiliency of the American system<\/s>problematic.<\/p>\n
9. Guantanamo Bay will be shut down\u00a0a year from the inauguration<\/s>\u00a0sometime, perhaps, in the future.<\/p>\n
10. Deficits are\u00a0proof of the reckless Bush-Cheney fiscal policies<\/s>\u00a0necessary stimuli designed to move our country in a fairer and more equitable direction.<\/p>\n
11. Wall Street bankers are\u00a0greedy fat cats<\/s>\u00a0savvy businessmen whom we don\u2019t begrudge.<\/p>\n
12. C-Span\u00a0should air health-care debates<\/s>\u00a0should never be allowed to air insider horse-trading<\/s>\u00a0will air bipartisan exchanges with the president.<\/p>\n\n
\u00a92010 Victor Davis Hanson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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