Yeah, except I'm not sure I agree entirely, Hank.

The two big lightning rod issues, healthcare and bailouts/stimulus, I presume?

Healthcare -- that "extreme left wing" piece of legislation -- pretty much GOP candidate Bob Dole's healthcare plan in the end. Or Mitt Romney's ... I don't think of these guys as particularly left...

Bailouts were being voted on in Sept 2008--while I concede the stimulus passed in Feb 2009, really do you think this is something different from what the GOP controlled executive would have done had they been in office for 2 more months?

Which kind of gets back to my point, that what NOW is taken for "extreme left" (your words) would have easily passed for GOP/Conservative positions a handful of years ago.
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