does Dionne have it right?
Let me begin with the ending:
It’s axiomatic that government isn’t perfect and that we’re better off having a large private sector. It ought to be axiomatic that the private market isn’t perfect, either, and that we need government to step in when the market fails. The success of the auto bailout and the failure of the Republicans’ anti-Medicare campaign both teach the same lesson: The era of anti-government extremism is ending.
That is the conclusion of a Washington Post op ed by E. J. Dionne titled Rescuing Detroit: No news about government’s good news. Dionne calls Republicans to account, reminding us how critical they were of the administration's decision to bail out the auto industry.
If you prefer, we could begin with his very brief opening paragraph:
Don’t expect to see a lot of newspapers and Web sites with this headline: “Big Government Bailou