15/02/2026 04:40

---

After the disability cuts were made public, I got a call one night from Tom Campbell, my roommate for four years at Georgetown. The Democrats were punished for too much good government and too little good politics. On the other hand, the United States was still suffering from two decades of middle-class income stagnation, the main reason people hadn’t felt the economy improving. Just as in the campaign, there were well-wishers, and a few critics, along the way.

I signed the bill, with Jim and Sarah Brady in attendance. at Waco, an event that, to right-wing extremists, represented the ultimate exercise of arbitrary, abusive government power. It was almost seven in the morning. On April 17, even theNew York Times couldn’t take it any longer.