Reply #13: Ah, maybe it was something from page 38-39.

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BTW, I started this, because I saw a quote in passing that seemed to be disparaging towards the New Deal (and silverweb has been kind enough to help me try and track it down). First issue is was it a real quote, then was it out of context, then maybe issues of nuance. I have read two of silverweb's excerpts and am thinking it might have been out of context (though I am also not familiar with Obama's writing style, so I am not sure where the argument Obama has built might end up).

The quote from page 38-39 seems to be close to what I saw (a random post on some thread that I happened to read).

But these efforts seem exhausted, a constant game of defense, bereft of the energy and new ideas needed to address the changing circumstances of globalization or a stubbornly isolated inner city.

This is where things could veer into a Hayek/Friedman sales pitch, which would be a bad thing (in my opinion). However, there is an Others in the next sentence (that might be a veiled DLC reference?). So it does read like a litany of considered approaches that Obama might reject in the text that follows. Is that the case? If so, and Globalization isn't the proposed solution, then Obama doesn't seem to be attacking the New Deal, merely acknowledging its presence.

I'll check the next post. And thank you again silverweb, I really appreciate it!