Michael Gerson Is Unhappy that Republicans Were Forced to Give Up Core Commitment Against Taxes but Dems Didn't Give Up Core Commitment to Social Security (yet)

The polite position in Washington policy circles is that politics has yielded to extremes in both parties. That is a really nice children's tale, but it is more than a bit absurd for anyone interested in reality. While the Republicans have adopted many extreme positions, Richard Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower would be very comfortable with the center position in the modern Democratic Party.

Michael Gerson helped to clarify the fundamental asymmetry between the two parties' positions in his colum...