>Doug, don't feel too sorry for her; she already has at least one friend in
DC:
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>http://www.slate.com/id/2141276/fr/rss/
Two - don't forget the American Enterprise Institute, which is giving her a job.
[WS:] If I were in her shoes, I would do the same, since no liberal think tanks were forthcoming with offers.
Which, once gain, exemplifies the difference between liberal and conservative foundations. The conservative foundations almost exclusively invest in people who can be effective spokespersons for their cause. The liberal foundations duplicate the government efforts by funding social program that everywhere else are funded by government. No wonder that the right can influence public opinion and government in a way that liberals can only dream of.
PS. I believe she was scape-goated for the failed "pillarization" policies that backfired big time on the Dutch system, but the liberals who support these policies still do not know what hit them.
Wojtek