Noam Scheiber of the New Republic suggests that Bush’s embrace of “democratic idealism” will resound to the Democrats’ benefit, since Democrats are the natural party of crusades for democracy. Andrew Sullivan agrees with Scheiber, expect Sullivan thinks it is not just Bush’s foreign polices which will benefit the Democrats (from Sullivan’s blog on Wednesday): BUSH AND THE DEMOCRATS: Is Bush making America safe for liberalism? You betcha. Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the next Democratic president has to do to finish Bush’s hard work is to … Continue reading Bush and the future of statism