Does Government Work Afterall?

E.J Dionne thinks recent events prove it does, or at least can. The trick will be selling that idea. Over the past few decades, conservatives have been able to convince people that, in the words of Dick Armey, "government is dumb." Will the Wall Street crash and the various other private sector screw-ups provide liberals the opportunity to change opinions, or are anti-government attitudes hard wired into the American psyche?