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[Brad DeLong]

>Brad DeLong wrote:
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>>The line was supposed to be "The age of big government is over, but 
>>the age of every man for himself must never begin": it was supposed 
>>to be a tactical concession followed by a slam at Gingrich...
>
>So what happened?
>
>Doug

According to speechwriter Michael Waldman (who was the guardian of 
the line), people objected to its sexism. So it was revised into 
total mush. The result was a long sentence where the soundbite came 
at the front, and where no one was interested in the mush that came 
at the end...

Brad DeLong