My friend Rob Bluey at the Heritage Foundation demanded, and got, participation from Senator Durbin at Redstate on the issue of national broadband policy. I was reluctant to see the discussion go to the Redstate, but I have to say, both Durbin's initial post and his live blogging sessions brought out really high quality arguments.
While there was skepticism about the government's involvement in broadband expansion, there was also a strong populist sense that rural electrification was a good model to follow, and that open access in spectrum was also necessary. Hopefully more members will engage in online sessions like this. I think on a lot of policy areas having to do with universal services, there's more agreement that we might believe.
Governing is about coalitions, and we're starting to see the outlines of a post-partisan progressive America.
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