The population is also relatively old, so health care, hitherto a Democratic subject, has been an important issue.
The same chill will settle on many of their Democratic counterparts if the subject shifts to funding the troops.
The day's main debate is led by the Democratic Unionist Party, on the subject of suicide prevention in the UK. While over in Westminster Hall (from 9.30am) there are more backbench debates - watch out for the 11am debate on tax transparency in FTSE 100 companies - led by the Conservative Stephen McPartland.
Because he has so much less historical ground to cover than Rothkopf, he is able to pay close attention to the vanished heyday of social-democratic politics in the West, a subject that Rothkopf skates past quickly to get to the present.
The subject of the interview was the Democratic National Committee's issue ads in the 1995-96 time period.
To further drive home the point, he introduced New Jersey Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg to add his own two cents on the subject.
But today the president suggested it was Republicans like House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- who this weekend called for an investigation of alleged Democratic violations of campaign law -- who want to change the subject.
The Democratic 2016 front-runner announced her opposition to the project -- which is still the subject of a years-long State Department review -- as Pope Francis landed in the United States, dominating national media attention.
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They will continue issuing the grandiose National Policy Statements, but would subject each one to a review by Parliament: vital, they say, to protect democratic oversight.
At its first meeting yesterday, the Government's democratic council decided to bring forward new legislative proposals before the summer adjournment, on two issues which have been the subject of constructive cross-party discussion.
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