Liberal Positions Gaining Popularity According to McClatchy

http://www.truthout.org/article/liberal-positions-gaining-popularity

This has to be one of the more vacuous and sophomoric pieces to come out of the liberal media.

Does this author really believe or even understand how ridiculous the argument is?

--- Today, she added, "there is a growing understanding that government can play a positive role in investing in our country."

What changed? Several things: ---

and the bullet points below this (go back and read them with the premise of what the author is saying in mind please) are supposed to engender our confidence in BIGGER government investing in our country?

As if government ever HAD anything to invest.

Where does government get anything? From the people. This is ideological tripe at its best.

BUT, it does help me win an argument with a friend proving that I do NOT give the mainstream press TOO MUCH credit for a political agenda...that one does not exist. Right.

--- At the same time, the number of Democrats who support a government safety net for the poor - such as guaranteeing food and shelter for the needy and spending to help them even if it means more debt - jumped by 14 percentage points from 1994 to 2007, according to the Pew Research Center.

Support for that safety net also rose by 15 points among independents and 9 points among Republicans. ---

What the hell does all this statistical superlative lingo mean? 14 % points = how much?

what does "that" safety net actually mean? for whom?

More rhetoric to engender the lemming squad.

Personally, the liberals that I know are smarter than this piece gives them credit for and see through this mirage of "Americans think Democrats will do a BETTER job of BIG Government" this time around crap.