Is the Wisconsin Debate about Deficits or a Culture War

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This is a discussion, sprinkled with humor, between David Brooks and Gail Collins on whats happening in Wisconsin. Brooks would like to separate it from the culture war and so would Collins. Brooks claims that there are sane people, perhaps outside of Wisconsin today, who could find a way to deal with the issues that have been raised. He does not, however, respond to Collin's concern that one of our political parties has turned public policy debates into a war over values.