article_snippet.sent: (CNN)It's time for liberals to look local.
article_snippet.sent: This has given liberals an opening.
article_snippet.sent: For the time being, liberals need to abandon that bias.
article_snippet.sent: This is the only opportunity that liberals have right now of seriously moving forward with new ideas.
article_snippet.sent: Conservatives have done the same in recent decades.
highlights_snippet.sent: But liberals can launch social programs at lower levels, Julian Zelizer says .
  