Every Week I Wonder How the NYT Lets Him Go On

He just doesn't fit their style, Read it all:

January 8, 2005

OP-ED COLUMNIST
Let Congress Lead By DAVID BROOKS

Here are five observations about the politics of Social Security
reform:
First, many Republicans will be loathe to back a bill that has no Democratic support. They don't want to transform a big, popular program without
bipartisan cover.

Second, it will be hard to get Democratic votes for a bill
that includes personal accounts. Democrats oppose them for the same reason that
Republicans support them: because they think the accounts will create
Republicans. People who have them will start thinking like
investors.