FEDERALISM FOR POOR PEOPLE. . .

And central control for the rich. If you had any doubt about the weak Republican commitment to "federalism," read Nathan Newman's post on the Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act of 2003. Any doubt after reading about the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, drug policy, the death penalty, or any of the other things that Republicans want to have the federal government control over the objections of states, that is.

Then again, if you had those doubts, you've been living under a log for the past two decades and probably have better things to do than read what I'm writing.