As the partisan narratives emerge in Washington, Sherle Schwenninger at the New American Foundation, a Washington think tank, says they won’t work because the national downturn is more than a temporary blip. Schwenninger thinks the economy needs to be weaned from its dependence on consumer spending in favor of government infrastructure projects that could grow the economy. He is pushing to give cash to the states to modernize airports, fix roads or build electrical transmission lines, which Nevada needs to do to carry solar power across the region. ...