ABSTRACT

The days of government bashing may be over: people want their government not only to keep them safe from terrorists, but they are calling for government to protect us from unsafe food, dishonest bankers, polluters, upper-income tax cheats. Obama wants the government involved in our health care, he wants to stop foreclosures, he is even murmuring about income redistribution, and right now, less than three weeks from the end of his political career, John McCain is accusing Obama of being a secret socialist. (In an earlier time, he might have suggested Obama move to Russia.)