Democrats, including some who voted against that measure, now embrace it, saying only minor changes are needed.
The remedy is very different, depending on which side of the debate the Democrats embrace.
Hard times have also prompted the Democrats to embrace some novel fund-raising ideas.
Which is to say, all the things Republicans roll their eyes at and Democrats have long embraced.
Rather than resisting change in the tax code, Democrats should embrace it.
Democrats used to embrace "working people" while Republicans embraced "family values."
But I don't think we should abandon some of the most important issues and principles that the Democrats have always embraced.
Republicans are less likely than Democrats to embrace the rigorous regulatory system now in effect.
But in the 50s and 60s, Democrats embraced the civil rights movement, costing them the white Southern vote.
So far, only a few conservative Republicans and no Democrats have embraced the proposal.