Buyer’s remorse

All that GWB Kool-aid is starting to make Hill Republicans feel a little bit queasy.

Now that George W. Bush is just about the only thing the voters like less than George W. Bush’s policies, Republicans on Capitol Hill are rushing forward to claim they never really agreed with the President. I guess the Devil made them vote for all those rotten bills.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell buyer’s remorse from a Shawshank redemption. In either case, it’s only good news for the Democrats.

Author: Mark Kleiman

Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out. Books: Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken) When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993) Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989) UCLA Homepage Curriculum Vitae Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com