You know, that's changed over time in our system of federalism. But right now, leadership in America is coming from the states. And it's actually fascinating because we always think about how Focusing on the states has been reactionary often in the United States, especially in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. But it has also been extraordinarily progressive in our past. That's how we got actually the progressive movement. And then what became the New Deal, it came from the states. (02:42–02:50)
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