by Elana Schor on July 13, 2009
“If you want to see a fundamental shift in the way the public thinks, you first have to see a fundamental shift in the way Members of Congress treat the responsibilities of their office. They need to abandon their knee-jerk indulgence of self-preservation, reacting to the winds of public opinion, and shift to a more "educational" style of representation, where they become willing to call their constituents out on how they've been misled.”
– Kenney In response to "A Warning From America's Cities: The Recession Has Only Just Begun to Hit"
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