Uh-oh! I don't know if the author is liberal but do you think the folks that work for this rag have caught onto the fact that we are planning a comeback?
I'm guessing they noticed the results of the ballot-proposals.
I think it's pretty safe to say Safire isn't a liberal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire
William Safire has been a token conservative columnist at the NYT since the 1970s. He is now semi-retired. He was a speechwriter for Nixon and Agnew.
Safire is not liberal, although, I thought he retired.