Quote of the day

I'm not sure the original source of this quote, but here it is:

"For all his successes, Reagan couldn't make a dent in the main pillars of the welfare state and even consented to a payroll tax hike to subsidize a failing Social Security system. When Republicans swept into Congress in 1994, during the short period in which they actually tried to rein in government, they were able to pass modest welfare reform, but unable to touch Medicare. Obama envisions himself as a transformational liberal leader, whose programs, like FDR's New Deal and LBJ's Great Society, live on long after he's gone. He's well on his way to achieving his goal..."