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If Barack Obama wants bipartisanship, he should remove Byrne grants from the stimulus package

A screening last night of the new documentary, Tulia, Texas, which will air nationwide February 10 on PBS, drew a really good crowd on a chilly night, and those who stayed for the question and answer session afterward with me and Texas Monthly's Nate Blakeslee had lots of questions and, I thought, a really good discussion.Austin's a liberal, Obama-supportng town, so most who attended seemed shocked to learn that the Bush Administration has been a bitter opponent of the Byrne grant program (which funds drug task forces like the one in Tulia), while the new Obama Administration is championing its resurgence.The reasons lie in the history of the program, which was spawned by a Democratic Congress during the latter days of the Reagan Administration, aiming to bolster Democrats' "tough on crime" credentials during Michael Dukakis' failed presidential bid...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).