Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts maybe trying to take the state in a new direction, says Charles Stiles of The Record, and if he is successful he could provide the right blueprint for saving the state.
Roberts believes it’s time to more aggressively define what it is that constitutes a Democrat. But he has to do it in a way that either saves money or doesn’t cost much — a reverse of the “big-government, free-spending liberal” cliche.
Call it the Big Liberal, Small Wallet philosophy.
Roberts described it this way to Stiles:
“When we ask people to vote for Democrats, we just can’t say we’re not the other guys. We have to stand for something,” Roberts said in an interview Wednesday. “The abolition of the death penalty is fundamental. Creating an environment where every family can afford to live in every part of our state is fundamental. One of the things I took from Election Day is it’s back to basics. Don’t start spending money in new areas, don’t go extending your reach until you get focused on the fundamentals.”
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