David Sirota: The Housing Crisis & The Plague of Potomac Fever

We have been trained to think of states as the supposed "laboratories of democracy," but what they really are these days are a check and balance against federal inaction and Potomac Fever. That's the case I make in my newspaper column out today - especially as it relates to the housing crisis.

Last month, this situation was exemplified by the front page of the Washington Post. On one side was… » Full Story on Huffington Post