Thinking about the government.(PROSPECTS)

AMERICA MAY GET ITS TWO-PARTY SYSTEM BACK after November. But the competition could turn out to be neoconservative Republicans versus Eisenhower Republicans, with the latter played by Democrats. As the society becomes more unequal and working families face increasing economic stress about their jobs, wages, pensions, health coverage, housing, and child-care costs, a considerable faction of the Democratic Party contends that government neither can, nor should, address these ills.

That would leave the Democrats as the party of fiscal stewardship, token programs, and empty talk--none ...

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