Democrats not public philosophizing, say critics

Thomas Frank asserts in today’s Wall Street Journal that the real reason Democrats seem to be losing on healthcare is a refusal to argue the principles:

It is the big questions that are tripping them up. Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.

I’ll take this as an implicit endorsement of The Public Philosopher.

–Sam

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September 2, 2009 · Filed Under Politics, Sam

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