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Yglesias on the would-be "mayor of America"

This is a really smart anlysis of how Jeb Bush is positioning himself in the buildup to the 2016 presidential election: he's running for "mayor of America."

Unfortunately for Bush, Matthew Yglesias explains, the federal government is not like a local or state government but bigger. It is more like, in Paul Krugman's memorable phrase, an insurance company with an army. Yglesias continues: